Crocidura canariensis Hutterer, Lopez-Jurado and Vogel 1987

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 : 227

Crocidura canariensis Hutterer, Lopez-Jurado and Vogel 1987

Crocidura canariensis Hutterer, Lopez-Jurado and Vogel 1987 , J. Nat. Hist., 21: 1354.

Type Locality: Spain, Canary Isls, Fuerteventura, Tiscamanita.

Vernacular Names: Canarian Shrew.

Distribution: E Canary Islands (Lanzarote, Lobos, Fuerteventura, Graciosa, Mtna Clara).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Related to sicula ; see Maddalena and Vogel (1990) and Hutterer et al. (1992 b). Sara (1995, 1996) studied the variation of mandibular measurements and found no difference between C. canariensis and C. sicula ; as a consequence, he included canariensis as a subspecies in C. sicula . However, this author disregarded biological, ecological, and paleontological evidence provided by Hutterer et al. (1992 b) and Michaux et al. (1991). Genetic distances suggest a separation of C. canariensis and C. sicula for 5 million years ( Vogel et al., 2003).