Sorex (Sorex) alpinus Schinz 1837

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 : 282

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Sorex (Sorex) alpinus Schinz 1837
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Sorex (Sorex) alpinus Schinz 1837 View in CoL

Sorex (Sorex) alpinus Schinz 1837 View in CoL , 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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Soricomorpha

Family

Soricidae

Genus

Sorex

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Sorex (Sorex) alpinus Schinz 1837

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Sorex (Sorex) alpinus

Schinz 1837: 13
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