Sicilian shrew

Sicilian shrew[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Crocidura
Species: C. sicula
Binomial name
Crocidura sicula
Miller, 1900
Sicilian shrew range

The Sicilian shrew (Crocidura sicula) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Sicily (Italy) and Gozo (Malta). Its natural habitat is temperate shrubland.

Subspecies

Four subspecies of the Sicilian shrew are found:

Crocidura sicula ssp. calypso

The species that is found on the island of Gozo (part of Malta) has recently been defined as a different subspecies.[3]

Crocidura sicula ssp. sicula

This subspecies is native to the island of Sicily.[3]

Crocidura sicula ssp. aegatensis

This subspecies is found only on the Aegadian Islands.[3]

Crocidura sicula ssp. esuae

This subspecies is known as fossil form from the Middle Pleistocene of Sicily.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ↑ Giovanni Amori (2016). "Crocidura sicula". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T29655A2791535. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T29655A2791535.en. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
  • Sarà M. & Vitturi R. "Crocidura populations (Mammalia, Soricidae) from the sicilian–maltese insular area" (PDF). Hystrix, 1996; 8 (1–2): 121–132. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-05-15.


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