Crocidura sicula Miller 1900

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 : 249

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Crocidura sicula Miller 1900 , Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 14: 41.

Type Locality: Italy, Sicily, Palermo.

Vernacular Names: Sicilian Shrew.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Crocidura sicula subsp. sicula Miller 1900

Subspecies Crocidura sicula subsp. aegatensis Hutterer 1991

Subspecies Crocidura sicula subsp. calypso Hutterer 1991

Subspecies Crocidura sicula subsp. esuae Kotsakis 1984

Distribution: Sicily, Egadi Isls and Ustica ( Italy), and Gozo ( Malta); extinct in Malta.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Revised by Hutterer (1991), who recognized one extinct and three extant subspecies. Formerly included in leucodon , russula , or suaveolens ; but the species has a distinct karyotype ( Sara and Vitturi, 1996; Vogel, 1988) and morphology ( Vogel et al., 1989). Temporal and geographic variation studied by Hutterer (1991), Sara (1995, 1996), and Sara and Vitturi (1996).