Order Soricomorpha Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 220 311 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Crocidura ramona Ivanitskaya, Shenbrot, and Nevo 1996 Crocidura ramona Ivanitskaya, Shenbrot, and Nevo 1996 , Z. Saugetierk., 61: 97 . Type Locality: Israel , Negev, NE region of Makhtesh Ramon ( 30°40'N , 34°56'E ). Vernacular Names: Negev Shrew . Distribution: Israel , Negev Highlands and edge of Judean Desert. Discussion: A light silver-gray shrew with a unique karyotype of 2n = 28, FN = 46 ( Ivanitskaya et al., 1996 a ). Possibly related to the arispa , armenica , pergrisea , serezkiensis , zarudnyi group of rock shrews. Kryštufek and Vohralík (2001) raised the question whether portali might represent an earlier name for ramona , however, portali was discussed as part of gmelini by Hutterer and Kock (2002) .