Crocidura leucodon (Hermann 1780)

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 : 237

Crocidura leucodon (Hermann 1780)

[Sorex] leucodon Hermann 1780 , in: Zimmermann, Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, Vol. 2: 382.

Type Locality: France, Bas Rhin, vicinity of Strasbourg.

Vernacular Names: Bicolored Shrew.

Synonyms: Crocidura albipes ( Kerr 1792) ; Crocidura avicennai Stroganov 1960 ; Crocidura hydruntina Costa 1844 ; Crocidura judaica Thomas 1919 ; Crocidura lasia Thomas 1906 ; Crocidura leucodus Schulze 1897 ; Crocidura microurus (Fatio 1869) ; Crocidura narentae Bolkay 1925 ; Crocidura persica Thomas 1907 ; Crocidura volgensis Stroganov 1960 .

Distribution: France to the Volga and Caucasus; Elburz Mtns; Asia Minor; Israel; Lebanon; Lesbos Isl (Aegean Sea).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Richter (1970) and Gureev (1979). Includes persica ; see Dolgov (1979). Gureev (1979) and Gromov and Baranova (1981) listed persica as a distinct species without comment. Includes lasia ; see Catzeflis et al. (1985), Gureev (1979), and Jenkins (1976); but see also Corbet (1978 c). Does not include caspica from Iran, but judaica from Palestine. European range reviewed by Krapp (1990), Arabian range by Harrison and Bates (1991). The assignment of hydruntina follows Nappi and Maio (2000). Karyotype has 2n = 28, FN = 56 ( Zima et al., 1998).