The Valais shrew (''Sorex antinorii'') is a species of
mammal in the family
Soricidae.
Taxonomy
Its
karyotype
A karyotype is the general appearance of the complete set of metaphase chromosomes in the cells of a species or in an individual organism, mainly including their sizes, numbers, and shapes. Karyotyping is the process by which a karyotype is disce ...
has
2n = 24/25 and
FN = 40. Until 2002, it was viewed as a chromosomal race of the wide-ranging and karyotypically
polymorphic species ''
S. araneus''.
Distribution
It is found in all of Italy except southern
Apulia, in southeastern
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
, and in southern
Switzerland. This species prefers areas with dense vegetation, at an elevation of above sea level.
References
External links
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Sorex
Mammals described in 1840
Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte