en Valais shrew

Valais shrew
	Sorex antinorii
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Soricidae
Genus:	Sorex
Species:	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

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

References

^ ^a ^b Kryštufek, B.; Kennerley, R. (2019). "Sorex antinorii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136814A519144. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136814A519144.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ 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.

External links

"Sorex antinorii Bonaparte, 1840". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.
"Sorex antinorii". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
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[iucn_status_12_November_2021-1] Kryštufek, B.; Kennerley, R. (2019). "Sorex antinorii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136814A519144. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136814A519144.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[msw3-2] 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.

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