Crocidura sicula Miller 1900

Crocidura sicula Miller 1900, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 14: 41.

Type Locality: Italy, Sicily, Palermo.

Vernacular Names: Sicilian Shrew.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Crocidura sicula subsp. sicula Miller 1900

Subspecies Crocidura sicula subsp. aegatensis Hutterer 1991

Subspecies Crocidura sicula subsp. calypso Hutterer 1991

Subspecies Crocidura sicula subsp. esuae Kotsakis 1984

Distribution: Sicily, Egadi Isls and Ustica (Italy), and Gozo (Malta); extinct in Malta.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Revised by Hutterer (1991), who recognized one extinct and three extant subspecies. Formerly included in leucodon, russula, or suaveolens; but the species has a distinct karyotype (Sara and Vitturi, 1996; Vogel, 1988) and morphology (Vogel et al., 1989). Temporal and geographic variation studied by Hutterer (1991), Sara (1995, 1996), and Sara and Vitturi (1996).