Crocidura fimbriata
(Wagler, 1832)
South European White-toothed Shrew
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder | : Erinaceota |
| Family | : Soricidae |
| Subfamily | : Crocidurinae |
| Genus | : Crocidura |
Species status
Type locality
"Bayern [Bavaria]", Germany.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Germany · Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Italy · Austria · Czech Republic · Slovakia · Hungary · Poland · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Kosovo · Montenegro · Albania · North Macedonia · Greece · Bulgaria · Romania · Moldova · Ukraine
Taxonomy notes
split from C. guildenstaedtii (previously under C. suaveolens) under the name mimula, but the name fimbriata appears to be the oldest name available for this species
Taxonomy notes citation
Turni, H., Hutterer, R. and Asher, R.J. 2007. Type specimens of "insectivoran" mammals at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Zootaxa 1470(1):1-33. · Gritsyshin, V.A., Lisenkova, A.A., Speranskaya, A.S., Artyushin, I.V., Sheftel, B.I., Лебедев, В.С. and Bannikova, A.A. 2023. Multilocus analysis of phylogenetic relationships in the _Crocidura suaveolens_ sensu lato species complex: A comparison with mitochondrial data. Doklady Biological Sciences 509(1):128-134. doi:10.1134/S0012496623700308 · Mahmoudi, A., Shad, H. H., & Kryštufek, B. (2025). White-toothed shrew (genus Crocidura) diversity in Iran: Molecular evidence and taxonomic implications. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 314, 149-158.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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