Sorex (Sorex) antinorii Bonaparte 1840

Sorex (Sorex) antinorii Bonaparte 1840, Iconogr. Fauna Ital., Vol. 1: 29.

Type Locality: No exact locality given; restricted to N Italy, Lake Lugano, Porlezza, by Lehmann (1963).

Vernacular Names: Valais Shrew.

Synonyms: Sorex (Sorex) crassicaudatus Fatio 1905; Sorex (Sorex) silanus Lehmann 1961; Sorex (Sorex) valaicus Zagorodnyuk and Khazan 1996 .

Distribution: SE France, S Switzerland, and Italy.

Discussion: Subgenus Sorex, S. araneus group. Formerly known as the Valais chromosome race of the common shrew (2n = 24/25, FN = 40). Given species rank, diagnosed and reviewed by Brünner et al. (2002 a). A contact zone in the Alps between araneus and antinorii was investigated by Brünner et al. (2002 b). Sorex arunchi may be related, if not conspecific.