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Valais shrew
Sorex cf. antinorii
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S. antinorii
Binomial name
Sorex antinorii
Bonaparte, 1840
Valais shrew range
Synonyms
  • Sorex crassicaudatus Fatio, 1905
  • Sorex silanus Lehmann, 1961
  • Sorex valaicus Zagorodnyuk and Khazan, 1996

The Valais shrew (Sorex antinorii) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae.[2]

Taxonomy

It's karyotype has 2n = 24/25 and FN = 40. Until 2002, it was viewed as a chromosomal race of the wide-ranging and karyotypically polymorphic species S. araneus.[1]

Distribution

It is found in all of Italy except southern Apulia, in southeastern France, and in southern Switzerland.

Habitat

This species prefers areas with dense vegetation, at an elevation of 0–1,300 metres (0–4,265 ft) above sea level.

  • "Sorex antinorii Bonaparte, 1840". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.
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References

  1. ^ a b Template:IUCN2010.1
  2. ^ Hutterer, R. (2005). "Order Soricomorpha". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.