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Sorex (Sorex) alpinus Schinz 1837

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Sorex (Sorex) alpinus Schinz 1837

Sorex (Sorex) alpinus Schinz 1837, Neue Denkschr. Allgem. Schweiz. Gesell. Naturwiss. Neuchatel, Vol. 1: 13.

Type Locality: Switzerland, Canton Uri, St. Gotthard Pass.

Vernacular Names: Alpine Shrew.

Synonyms: Sorex (Sorex) hercynicus Miller 1909; Sorex (Sorex) intermedius Cornalia 1870; Sorex (Sorex) longobarda Sordelli 1899; Sorex (Sorex) tatricus Kratochvil and Rosicky 1952.

Distribution: Montane forests of C Europe; including Pyrenees, Carpathians, Tatra, Sudeten, Harz, and Jura Mtns.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Sorex, S. alpinus group. Type species of subgenus Homalurus; see Hutterer (1982 b). Reviewed by Spitzenberger (1990 a). No clear subspecific variation; three karyotypic forms (2n = 54-58, FN = 68) have been described (Dannelid 1994; Lukácová et al. 1996). European range shown in Mitchell-Jones et al. (1999). Peripheral populations in the Pyrenees and the Harz Mtns (Gahsche, 1994) now probably extinct.

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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 282, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Schinz
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Soricomorpha
Family
Soricidae
Genus
Sorex
Species
alpinus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Sorex (Sorex) alpinus Schinz, 1837 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Hutterer, R. 1982 b. Biologische und morphologische Beobachtungen an Alpenspitzmausen (Sorex alpinus). Bonner Zoologische Beitrage, 33: 3 - 18.
  • Spitzenberger, F. 1990 a. Sorex alpinus Schinz, 1837 -- Alpenspitzmaus. Pp. 295 - 312, in Handbuch der Saugetiere Europas (J. Niethammer and F. Krapp, eds.). Aula-Verlag, Wiesbaden, 3 / I: 1 - 524.
  • Dannelid, E. 1994. Chromosome polymorphism in Sorex alpinus (Mammalia, Soricidae) in the western Alps and the Swiss Jura. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 59: 161 - 168.
  • Mitchell-Jones, A. J., G. Amori, W. Bogdanowicz, B. Krystufek, P. J. H. Reijnders, F. Spitzenberger, M. Stubbe, J. B. M. Thissen, V. Vohralik, and J. Zima. 1999. Atlas of European mammals. Academic Press, London, 496 pp.
  • Gahsche, J. 1994. Die Alpenspitzmaus (Sorex alpinus) im Harz. Saugetierkundliche Informationen, 18: 601 - 609.