Valais shrew

Valais shrew
	Sorex cf. antinorii
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
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.

Habitat[]

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". Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Naturalis, 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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Valais shrew

Sorex cf. antinorii
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
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