Stakheev V.V., Lissovsky A.A., Obolenskaya E.V. 2024. The first record of the rock shrew from “pergrisea” complex (Mammalia: Soricidae: Crocidura) on the territory of Russian Federation // Russian J. Theriol. Vol.23. No.1. P.25–30 [in English].
Valeriy V. Stakheev [stvaleriy@yandex.ru], Federal Research Center The Southern Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Rostov-on-Don 344006, Russia; Andrey A. Lissovsky [andlis@zmmu.msu.ru], A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119071, Russia; Ekaterina V. Obolenskaya [obolenskaya@zmmu.msu.ru], Lomonosov Moscow State University, Biological Faculty, Zoological Museum, Moscow 125009, Russia.
doi: 10.15298/rusjtheriol.23.1.03
ABSTRACT. The white-toothed shrew (Crocidura) from the species complex “pergrisea” was found in the Dagestan Republic, it is the first registration for the territory of Russian Federation. Information on the morphology of two captured animals, external and cranial features, is provided. The position of white-toothed shrews from the northern slope of Caucasus Mts. in the phylogenetic structure of “pergrisea” complex was studied. The clade that includes C. serezkyensis s.str., C. arispa and rock shrews from Dagestan was proposed to recognise as a separate species — Crocidura serezkyensis Laptev, 1929.
KEY WORDS: lesser rock shrew, pergrisea, cytochrome b, Dagestan Republic.