Sorex (Sorex) antinorii Bonaparte 1840

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 283

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scientific name	Sorex (Sorex) antinorii Bonaparte 1840
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Sorex (Sorex) antinorii Bonaparte 1840 View in CoL

Sorex (Sorex) antinorii Bonaparte 1840 View in CoL , 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.