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Crocidura zimmermanni Wettstein 1953
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Crocidura zimmermanni Wettstein 1953
Crocidura zimmermanni Wettstein 1953, Z. Saugetierk., 17: 12.
Type Locality: Greece, Crete, Ida Mtns, Nida plateau.
Vernacular Names: Cretan Shrew.
Distribution: Highlands of the island of Crete.
Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.
Discussion: A Pleistocene relict (Reumer, 1986). Formerly regarded as a subspecies of russula but differs in morphology and karyotype (2n = 34, FN = 44); see Vesmanis and Kahmann (1978), Vogel (1986), Vogel et al. (1986), and Pieper (1990).
Notes
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, pp. 220-311 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 255, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/BFF703DCC4E4C98D20FE0AB477F0FE06 (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/D832D1A76623AF6E381A208CDDDC8649 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231544969 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Wettstein
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Soricomorpha
- Family
- Soricidae
- Genus
- Crocidura
- Species
- zimmermanni
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Crocidura zimmermanni Wettstein, 1953 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Vesmanis, I. E., and H. Kahmann. 1978. Morphometrische Untersuchungen an Wimperspitzmausen (Crocidura). 4. Bemerkungen uber die Typusreihe der kretaischen Crocidura russula zimmermanni Wettstein, 1953 im Vergleich mit Crocidura gueldenstaedti caneae (Miller, 1909). Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen, 26: 214 - 222.
- Vogel, P., T. Maddalena, and F. Catzeflis. 1986. A contribution to the taxonomy and ecology of shrews (Crocidura zimmermanni and C. suaveolens) from Crete and Turkey. Acta Theriologica, 31: 537 - 545.
- Pieper, H. 1990. Crocidura zimmermanni Wettstein, 1953 -- Kretaspitzmaus. Pp. 453 - 460, in Handbuch der Saugetiere Europas (J. Niethammer and F. Krapp, eds.). Aula-Verlag, Wiesbaden, 3 / I: 1 - 524.