Sicilian shrew [1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Soricidae |
Genus: | Crocidura |
Species: | C. sicula
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Binomial name | |
Crocidura sicula
Miller, 1900
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Sicilian shrew range |
The Sicilian shrew (Crocidura sicula) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Sicily ( Italy) and Gozo ( Malta). Its natural habitat is temperate shrubland.
It is present in Sicily and Ustica (C. s. sicula), in the Egadi Islands (C. s. aegatensis) and in Gozo (C. s. calypso). It lives in open environments of gariga or Mediterranean scrub but also within lyce, cork and beech forest formations, from 0 to 1,800 m (0 to 5,906 ft) above sea level. Sometimes it is also present within citrus groves and cultivated areas as well as, rarely, in rural dwellings.
Four subspecies of the Sicilian shrew are found:
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