Sardinian shrew

The Sardinian shrew (Asoriculus similis) is an extinct species of shrew from Europe (Sardinia). It may have been exterminated from the island during the Middle Ages.

Sardinian shrew[1]
Temporal range: Late Holocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Asoriculus
Species:
A. similis
Binomial name
Asoriculus similis
(Hensel, 1855)
Synonyms

Nesiotites similis Hensel, 1855

See also

References

  1. Hutterer, R. (2005). "Order Soricomorpha". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 280. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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