#0192 · 🦊 mammals

Valais Shrew

🇳🇱 Udinese Bosspitsmuis ·Sorex antinorii

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Milan Pestalozzi · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Gaëtan Jouvenez · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Hectonichus · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. © Ernesto Cavallini · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Disentis/Mustér, Svizzera:© Mirko Tomasi · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Gran Paradiso, Valsavarenche, Aosta Valley, IT:© Margherita Bandini · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Ceresole Reale:© Emiliano Mori · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Provincia di Cuneo, Italia:© Elan Zucchetti · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 26040 San Martino del Lago CR, Italia:© Damiano · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

The Valais shrew ( Sorex antinorii ) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 123iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
123 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1840 (186 years ago).