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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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).

References

Hutterer, R. 1991. Variation and evolution of the Sicilian shrew: Taxonomic conclusions and description of a possibly related species from the Pleistocene of Morocco (Mammalia: Soricidae). Bonner Zoologische Beitrage, 42: 241 - 251.

Sara, M., and R. Vitturi. 1996. Crocidura populations (Mammalia, Soricidae) from the Sicilian-Maltese insular area. Hystrix, n. s., 8: 121 - 132.

Vogel, P., R. Hutterer, and M. Sara. 1989. The correct name, species diagnosis, and distribution of the Sicilian shrew. Bonner Zoologische Beitrage, 40: 243 - 248.