. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. 62 R. Hutterer &D. L. Harrison very similar C leucodon, but like many preceding authors we have failed in discover- ing something special. This again raises some doubt about the taxonomic status of this form. A clear decision probably must await additional information on the karyotype. Crocidura suaveolens (Pallas, 1811) Sorex suaveolens Pallas, 1811. — Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat., 1: 133. Material: HZM (unsexed), skin and skull, 3. XI. 1979, Camp 4, near Bani
. Bonner zoologische Beiträge : Herausgeber: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Biology; Zoology. 62 R. Hutterer &D. L. Harrison very similar C leucodon, but like many preceding authors we have failed in discover- ing something special. This again raises some doubt about the taxonomic status of this form. A clear decision probably must await additional information on the karyotype. Crocidura suaveolens (Pallas, 1811) Sorex suaveolens Pallas, 1811. — Zoogr. Rosso-Asiat., 1: 133. Material: HZM (unsexed), skin and skull, 3. XI. 1979, Camp 4, near Bani Mashoor, 22° 50' N, 42° 09' E, Saudi Arabia; coll. R. Fräser. This unique specimen, reported as C russula (Hermann, 1780) by Bates & Har- rison (1984), is the first record of C. suaveolens from Saudi Arabia (Fig. 2). Until recently the species has been confused with C. russula in the Near East, Arabia and even in the Far East. However, since the work of Catzeflis et al. (1985) we know that the two morphotypes distinguished by numerous authors in the Near East are in fact a single species with a karyotype of C. suaveolens (2 N = 40, NF = 50). In conse- quence, all specimens recorded by earlier authors under the names russula, monacha, gueldenstaedti, or portali do probably belong to the species Crocidura suaveolens. In Fig. 4 we present a map of the records which we assign to this species. The map is based on Andera (1972), Atallah (1977), Catzeflis et al. (1985), Harrison (1964, 1972), Hellwing (1973), Lay (1967), Nader (1969), Osborn & Helmy (1980), Setzer (1960), Simsek (1980), Spitzenberger (1970) and Vereshchagin (1967). In addition we have mapped two hitherto unrecorded specimens from Iran: HZM from Lake. Fig. 2: Skull and mandible of Crocidura suaveolens from Bani Mashoor, Saudi Arabia (HZM ). Scale is 5 mm and 1 mm (enlarged M3).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for re
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