Authority citation

<i>In</i> Mammal Fauna of the U.S.S.R., vol. 1, 118

Original name as described

Crocidura armenica

Other common names

Armenian Shrew

Type material

ZIN S. 45277

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

14 km down river from Garni, Armenia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Azerbaijan · Armenia?

Taxonomy notes

tentatively retained as valid here, although the species is considered a synonym of C. arispa (which itself may be a synonym of C. serezkyensis) in the Handbook of the Mammals of the World Volume 8 based on the following reason; "present evidence this taxon cannot be considered a valid species because the dentition is abnormal in the holotype and the skull is broken in the paratype"; recent research has suggested that the species may be synonymous with C. serezkyensis or C. arispa but further research is needed

Taxonomy notes citation

Wilson D.E. & Mittermeier R.A. 2018. Handbook of the mammals of the world. Vol. 8. Insectivores, Colugos, and Sloths. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. · Voyta, L. L., Petrova, T. V., Panitsina, V. A., Bodrov, S. Y., & Abramson, N. I. Complete mitochondrial genomes of Asian endemic white-toothed shrews: Crocidura armenica and C. serezkyensis (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae). · Stakheev, V.V., Lissovsky, A.A. and Obolenskaya, E.V. 2024. The first record of the white-toothed rock shrew from "pergrisea" complex (Mammalia: Soricidae: Crocidura) on the territory of Russian Federation. Russian Journal of Theriology 23(1):25-30. · Voyta, L. L., Petrova, T. V., Panitsina, V. A., Bodrov, S. Y., Winkler, V., Kryuchkova, L. Y., & Abramson, N. I. (2024). A Cybertaxonomic Revision of the “Crocidura pergrisea” Species Complex with a Special Focus on Endemic Rocky Shrews: Crocidura armenica and Crocidura arispa (Soricidae). Biology, 13(6), 448.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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