Crocidura serezkyensis Laptev 1929

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 : 248

Crocidura serezkyensis Laptev 1929

Crocidura serezkyensis Laptev 1929 , Opred. Mlekopitay. Sredney Asyy, Tashkent, 1: 16.

Type Locality: Tajikistan, Pamir Mtns, Lake Sarezskoye.

Vernacular Names: Lesser Rock Shrew.

Distribution: Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Previously included in pergrisea ( Jenkins, 1976; Spitzenberger, 1971 a), but considered a distinct species by Stogov and Bondar (1966) and Stogov (1985). Records from Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan ( Graphodatsky et al., 1988) and Turkmenistan ( Stogov and Bondar, 1966) presumably belong to the same species. Graphodatsky et al. (1988) reported on the karyotype of a specimen from Dzhulfa, SW Azerbaijan (under the name pergrisea ); with 2n = 22, FN = 34, serezkyensis has the lowest chromosome number ever recorded for a shrew. Populations in Asia Minor ( arispa Spitzenberger, 1971 ) were included in serezkyensis in the former edition ( Hutterer, 1993 a), but Kryštufek and Vohralík (2001) have demonstrated that both represent distinct species.