| Valais shrew | |
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| Sorex antinorii | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Sorex |
| Species: | S. antinorii |
| Binomial name | |
| Sorex antinorii Bonaparte, 1840 | |
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| Valais shrew range | |
| Synonyms | |
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TheValais shrew (Sorex antinorii) is a species ofmammal in the familySoricidae.[2]
Itskaryotype has2n = 24/25 andFN = 40. Until 2002, it was viewed as a chromosomal race of the wide-ranging and karyotypicallypolymorphic speciesS. araneus.[1]
It is found in all of Italy except southernApulia, in southeasternFrance, and in southernSwitzerland. This species prefers areas with dense vegetation, at an elevation of 0–1,300 metres (0–4,265 ft) above sea level.
