The Valais shrew (''Sorex antinorii'') is a species of
mammal
Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...
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
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, in southeastern
France
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, and in southern
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. 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