Crocidura sicula esuae Kotsakis, 1986
Pleistocene Sicilian shrew
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Crocidura esui Kotsakis, 1986
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: late Pleistocene
Distribution
Sicily, Italy
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Kotsakis, T. (1986). Crocidura esui n. sp. (Soricidae, Insectivora) du Pleistocene de Spinagallo (Sicile orientale, Italie). Geologica Rom. 23: 51-64.
Other references:
Hutterer, Rainer. (1990). Temporal and geographic variation of shrews of the Siculo-Maltese archipelago since the Pleistocene. Vie Milieu 40(2-3): 213-217.
Hutterer, Rainer. (1991). Variation and evolution of the Sicilian shrew: Taxonomic conclusions and description of a possibly related species from the Pleistocene of Morocco (Mammalia: Soricidae). Bonner zoologische Beiträge 42(3/4): 241-251.
Moncunill-Solé, Blanca, Jordana, Xavier and Köhler, Meike. (2016). How common is gigantism in insular fossil shrews? Examining the ‘Island Rule’ in soricids (Mammalia: Soricomorpha) from Mediterranean Islands using new body mass estimation models. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12399. [Abstract]