Biology:Güldenstädt's shrew

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Short description: Species of mammal

Güldenstädt's shrew
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Crocidura
Species:
C. gueldenstaedtii
Binomial name
Crocidura gueldenstaedtii
(Pallas, 1811)
Synonyms

Crocidura suaveolens gueldenstaedtii
Sorex gueldenstaedtii Pallas, 1811

Güldenstädt's shrew (Crocidura gueldenstaedtii) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the lesser white-toothed shrew (C. suaveolens), but more recent studies support it being a distinct species.[2][3] It is named after Johann Anton Güldenstädt.

It has a wide range throughout Europe, from Spain west to Russia , and south through the Caucasus to the Middle East, as far south as the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. Mummified shrews from the beginning of the Ptolemaic Period at Quesna, Egypt, have also been identified to this species, indicating that it once occurred in the Nile Delta, where it no longer does, supporting a moister regional environment at the time.[4]

It contains several subspecies from western Europe and the island of Cyprus that may represent distinct species of their own.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5396032 entry