Sorex (Sorex) averini Zubko 1937

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 284

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scientific name	Sorex (Sorex) averini Zubko 1937
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Sorex (Sorex) averini Zubko 1937 , Kharkov A. Gorky-State Univ., Proc. Zool.-Biol. Inst., 4: 300.

Type Locality: Ukraine, Kherson Region, Golaja Pristan.

Vernacular Names: Dneper Common Shrew.

Distribution: Recorded from the Lower Dneper Region, Ukraine.

Discussion: Subgenus Sorex . Zagorodnyuk (1996 c) defined this larger form as an allospecies of S. araneus . The species differs in larger external and cranial measurements from the allopatric common shrew ( Zubko, 1937).