Biology:Sicilian shrew
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Short description: Species of mammal
| Sicilian shrew[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Crocidura |
| Species: | C. sicula
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| Binomial name | |
| Crocidura sicula Miller, 1900
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| Sicilian shrew range | |
The Sicilian shrew (Crocidura sicula) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Sicily (Italy) and Gozo (Malta). Its natural habitat is temperate shrubland.
Distribution and habitat
It is present in Sicily and Ustica (C. s. sicula), in the Egadi Islands (C. s. aegatensis) and in Gozo (C. s. calypso). It lives in open environments of gariga or Mediterranean scrub but also within lyce, cork and beech forest formations, from 0 to 1,800 m (0 to 5,906 ft) above sea level. Sometimes it is also present within citrus groves and cultivated areas as well as, rarely, in rural dwellings.
Subspecies
Four subspecies of the Sicilian shrew are found:
- Crocidura sicula sicula - on the island of Sicily[3]
- Crocidura sicula aegatensis - on the Aegadian Islands[3]
- Crocidura sicula calypso - on the island of Gozo[3]
- Crocidura sicula esuae - a fossil form from the Middle Pleistocene of Sicily, larger than living individuals, though other authors have suggested that this represents an extinct species that was replaced by C. sicula.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M.. eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13700211.
- ↑ Giovanni Amori (2016). "Crocidura sicula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T29655A2791535. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T29655A2791535.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/29655/2791535. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "The Maltese Ecology". http://www.geog.plym.ac.uk/malta/Eco1.htm.
- ↑ MANUEL LÓPEZ-GARCÍA, JUAN; BLAIN, HUGUES-ALEXANDRE; PAGANO, ENRICO; OLLÉ, ANDREU; MARIA VERGÈS, JOSEP; FORGIA, VINCENZA (2013-07-31). "THE SMALL MAMMALS (INSECTIVORES, BATS AND RODENTS) FROM THE HOLOCENE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE OF VALLONE INFERNO (SCILLATO, LOWER IMERA VALLEY, NORTHWESTERN SICILY)" (in en). Rivista italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 119: 2. doi:10.13130/2039-4942/6037. http://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/6037.
- Sarà M.; Vitturi R.. "Crocidura populations (Mammalia, Soricidae) from the sicilian–maltese insular area". Hystrix, 1996; 8 (1–2): 121–132. http://fauna.dipbsf.uninsubria.it/atit/PDF/Volume8(1-2)/8(1-2)_16.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q1763190 entry
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