Crocidura cossyrensis Contoli, 1989

Rainer Hutterer, 1993, Order Insectivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 69-130 : 83

Crocidura cossyrensis Contoli, 1989 . Hystrix, N.S., 1:121, footnote.

TYPE LOCALITY: Italy, Pantelleria Isl .

DISTRIBUTION: Only Pantelleria Isl ( Italy).

COMMENTS: The species was first reported as russula ; see Contoli and Amori (1986); then validly named in a footnote ( Contoli et al., 1989) and later redescribed by Contoli (1990). Closely related to russula and may be part of it ( Sarà et al., 1990).