Sorex minutus Linnaeus 1766
28. Eurasian Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus French: Musaraigne pygmée / German: Zwergspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana enana de Eurasia Other common names: Pygmy Shrew Taxonomy. Sorex minutus Linnaeus, 1766, “Sibiria.” Restricted by I. Ya. Pavlinov and O. L. Rossolimo in 1987 to Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia....
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:6869634 2023-05-15T18:30:58+02:00 Sorex minutus Linnaeus 1766 Russell A. Mittermeier Don E. Wilson 2018-07-31 https://zenodo.org/record/6869634 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6869634 unknown Lynx Edicions info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://treatment.plazi.org/id/3D474A54A023874FFF16AC9B1406F8DB doi:10.5281/zenodo.6870843 http://publication.plazi.org/id/C17E322CA0288744FF8DAB47125EFFF9 doi:10.5281/zenodo.6870999 doi:10.5281/zenodo.6870915 doi:10.5281/zenodo.6869633 https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit https://zenodo.org/record/6869634 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6869634 oai:zenodo.org:6869634 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode Biodiversity Taxonomy Animalia Chordata Mammalia Soricomorpha Soricidae Sorex Sorex minutus info:eu-repo/semantics/other publication-taxonomictreatment 2018 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.686963410.5281/zenodo.687084310.5281/zenodo.687099910.5281/zenodo.687091510.5281/zenodo.6869633 2023-03-10T18:25:04Z 28. Eurasian Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus French: Musaraigne pygmée / German: Zwergspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana enana de Eurasia Other common names: Pygmy Shrew Taxonomy. Sorex minutus Linnaeus, 1766, “Sibiria.” Restricted by I. Ya. Pavlinov and O. L. Rossolimo in 1987 to Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia. Evidence from mtDNA and nDNA sequencesclassifies S. minutus in the minutus group. Six subspecies recognized. Subspecies and Distribution. S.m.minutusLinnaeus,1766—fromIrelandandtheBritishIsEthroughmostofEuropeandSiberiatoSWYakutia(=SakhaRepublic). S.m.beckiLehmann,1963—Alps. S.m.carpetanusRey,1971—IberianPeninsula. S.m.gymnurusChaworth-Musters,1932—SBalkanPeninsula. S.m.heptapotamicusStroganov,1956—ETianShan,KalbinskyAltai,andDzungarianAlatau. S. m. lucanius G. S. Miller, 1909 — Italian Peninsula. Descriptive notes. Head—body 40-64 mm,tail 33-45 mm, hindfoot 9-12 mm; weight 2-6-7 g. Tail of the Eurasian Pygmy Shrew is 70-75% of head-body length; tails of most subspecies are noticeably narrowed at bases and covered with long hairs that lie tight against skin and form distincttufts at tips. Pelage is bicolored. In juveniles, back is brownish gray, and belly is light gray. Dark back color often extends far onto sides; border between back and belly is not sharp. In adults, brown to dark brown pelage of back is more intense. Belly of adults is darker than in juveniles, sometimes with pale yellowish tint. Tail is sharply bicolored. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 42 and FN = 56, with seven pairs of metacentric and 13 pairs of acrocentric autosomes. Xchromosome is large acrocentric, and Y-chromosomeis small acrocentric. Populations with other chromosome numbers are found on Baltic islands: e.g. n = 40 on Oland and n = 36 on Gotland. Habitat. Forest-tundra, taiga, broad-leaved forests, forest-steppe, and steppe. The Eurasian Pygmy Shrew might also occur in grassy bogs, wet meadows, deciduous forests, dry pine stands, desolated waste grounds with sagebrush, and even sandy dunes. Coniferous forests with moss-covered floors and ... Other/Unknown Material taiga Tundra Siberia Zenodo |
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28. Eurasian Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus French: Musaraigne pygmée / German: Zwergspitzmaus / Spanish: Musarana enana de Eurasia Other common names: Pygmy Shrew Taxonomy. Sorex minutus Linnaeus, 1766, “Sibiria.” Restricted by I. Ya. Pavlinov and O. L. Rossolimo in 1987 to Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia. Evidence from mtDNA and nDNA sequencesclassifies S. minutus in the minutus group. Six subspecies recognized. Subspecies and Distribution. S.m.minutusLinnaeus,1766—fromIrelandandtheBritishIsEthroughmostofEuropeandSiberiatoSWYakutia(=SakhaRepublic). S.m.beckiLehmann,1963—Alps. S.m.carpetanusRey,1971—IberianPeninsula. S.m.gymnurusChaworth-Musters,1932—SBalkanPeninsula. S.m.heptapotamicusStroganov,1956—ETianShan,KalbinskyAltai,andDzungarianAlatau. S. m. lucanius G. S. Miller, 1909 — Italian Peninsula. Descriptive notes. Head—body 40-64 mm,tail 33-45 mm, hindfoot 9-12 mm; weight 2-6-7 g. Tail of the Eurasian Pygmy Shrew is 70-75% of head-body length; tails of most subspecies are noticeably narrowed at bases and covered with long hairs that lie tight against skin and form distincttufts at tips. Pelage is bicolored. In juveniles, back is brownish gray, and belly is light gray. Dark back color often extends far onto sides; border between back and belly is not sharp. In adults, brown to dark brown pelage of back is more intense. Belly of adults is darker than in juveniles, sometimes with pale yellowish tint. Tail is sharply bicolored. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 42 and FN = 56, with seven pairs of metacentric and 13 pairs of acrocentric autosomes. Xchromosome is large acrocentric, and Y-chromosomeis small acrocentric. Populations with other chromosome numbers are found on Baltic islands: e.g. n = 40 on Oland and n = 36 on Gotland. Habitat. Forest-tundra, taiga, broad-leaved forests, forest-steppe, and steppe. The Eurasian Pygmy Shrew might also occur in grassy bogs, wet meadows, deciduous forests, dry pine stands, desolated waste grounds with sagebrush, and even sandy dunes. Coniferous forests with moss-covered floors and ... |
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Sorex minutus Linnaeus 1766 |
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Sorex minutus Linnaeus 1766 |
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Sorex minutus Linnaeus 1766 |
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Sorex minutus Linnaeus 1766 |
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