Sorex antinorii

Sorex antinorii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eulipotyphla

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla

Familia: Soricidae
Subfamilia: Soricinae
Tribus: Soricini
Genus: Sorex
Species: Sorex antinorii
Subspecies (2): S. a. antinorii – S. a. silanus

Name

Sorex antinorii Bonaparte, 1840: unnumbered page

• Holotype: ?MRSN. [lost]
• Neotype: NHMB 1007564, ♂, skin and skull, collected by A. Ghidini on 25 December 1911.
• Type locality: “senza certezza di patria”, designated to “Porlezza, Luganer See (Italien)” by Lehmann (1963: 183).
• Paratype: NHMB 1007492, ♀, skin and skull, collected by A. Ghidini on 12 April 1909.

Synonyms

• Sorex vulgaris crassicaudatus Fatio, 1905: 201
  • Syntypes: MHNG.
  • Type locality:“Zermatt”, Valais, Switzerland.

• Sorex valaicus Zagorodnyuk & Khazan, 1996 [nomen nudum]

• Sorex arunchi Lapini & Testone, 1998: 246 [synonymised by Yannic et al. (2012: 876)]
  • Holotype: MFSN Z/T 1689, adult ♂, skin with skull removed, collected on 24 March 1995.
  • Type locality: “Bosco Coda di Manin, in Comune de Muzaana del Turgnano, Udine, Italia nord-orientale”.

Native distribution areas

• Italy
• France
• Switzerland

References

Primary references

• Bonaparte, C.L. 1832–1841. Iconographia della Fauna Italica per le Quattro Classi degli Animali Vertebrati. Tomo I. Mammiferi e Uccelli. Salviucci: Rome. BHL Reference page. 
• Lapini, L. & Testone, R. 1998. Un Nuovo Sorex Dall'Italia Nord-Orientale (Mammalia: Insectivora: Soricidae). Gortania 20: 233–252. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Yannic, G., Pellissier, L., Dubey, S., Vega, R., Basset, P., Mazzotti, S., Pecchioli, E., Vernesi, C., Hauffe, H.C., Searle, J.B. & Hausser, J. 2012. Multiple refugia and barriers explain the phylogeography of the Valais shrew, Sorex antinorii (Mammalia: Soricomorpha). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 105(4): 864–880. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01824.x Reference page. 

Additional references

• Brünner, H., Lugon-Moulin, N., Balloux, F., Fumagalli, L. & Hausser, J. 2002. A taxonomical re-evaluation of the Valais chromosome race of the common shrew Sorex araneus (Insectivora: Soricidae). Acta Theriologica 47: 245–275. DOI: 10.1007/BF03194146 Reference page. 

Links

• Kryštufek, B. & Kennerley, R. 2019. IUCN: Sorex antinorii  (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2022). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T221740223A221741142. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T221740223A221741142.en. Accessed on 16 October 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Valais Shrew
français: Musaraigne du Valais

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