Crocidura gueldenstaedtii (Pallas, 1811)

Rainer Hutterer, 1993, Order Insectivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 69-130 : 86

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scientific name	Crocidura gueldenstaedtii (Pallas, 1811)
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Crocidura gueldenstaedtii (Pallas, 1811) . Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat., 1:132.

TYPE LOCALITY: Georgia, near Dushet (N of Tbilisi) .

DISTRIBUTION: Transcaucasia.

SYNONYMS: aralychensis, bogdanowii, fumigatus, longicaudata .

COMMENTS: This name has produced much confusion. Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1966) listed it as a subspecies of russula and were followed by Corbet (1978c), among others. Richter (1970) applied gueldenstaedtii even to Mediterranean populations of suaveolens and was followed in that action by Kahmann and Vesmanis (1976). Hutterer (1981d) suggested that all these populations represent suaveolens ; this was supported by karyological and biochemical data ( Catzeflis et al., 1985). Despite convincing evidence some Russian authors (e.g., Grafodatsky et al., 1988) still claim the existence of gueldenstaedtii as a species in the Caucasus. This species is most certainly conspecific with suaveolens .

References

Catzeflis, F. M., T. Maddalena, S. Hellwing, and P. Vogel. 1985. Unexpected findings on the taxonomic status of East Mediterranean Crocidura russula auct. (Mammalia, Insectivora). Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 50: 185 - 201.

Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp.

Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 1966. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946. Second ed. British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp.

Hutterer, R. 1981 d. Der Status von Crocidura ariadne Pieper, 1979 (Mammalia: Soricidae). Bonner Zoologische Beitrage, 32: 3 - 12.

Kahmann, H., and I. Vesmanis. 1976. Morphometrische Untersuchungen an Wimperspitzmausen (Crocidura) (Mammalia: Soricidae) 2. Zur weiteren Kenntnis von Crocidura gueldenstaedti (Pallas, 1811) auf der Insel Kreta. Opuscula Zoologica (Budapest), 136: 1 - 12.

Richter, H. 1970. Zur Taxonomie und Verbreitung der palaarktischen Crociduren. Zoologische Abhandlungen Staatliches Museum fur Tierkunde in Dresden, 31: 293 - 304.