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vagrans-obscurus — group 

 Sorex vagrans vagrans Bairdf * 



1858. Sorex vagrans Baird, Mammals, in Rep. Expl. Surv. Railr. to Pacific, 



vol. 8, pt. 1 (Washington, 1857) , p. 15, July 14, 1858. 

 Type Locality. — Shoal water Bay (also known as Willapa Bay) , Pacific County, 

 Wash. Range. — Southern British Columbia, western Washington, western Ore- 

 gon, and northwestern California south to San Francisco Bay. 



Sorex vagrans vancouverensis Merriamf* 



1895. Sorex vancouverensis Merriam, North Amer. Fauna No. 10, p. 70, Dec. 



31, 1895. 

 1928. Sorex vagrans vancouverensis Jackson, North Amer. Fauna No. 51, 



p. 106, July 24, 1928. 

 Type Locality. — Goldstream, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. 

 Range. — Southern half of Vancouver Island, north on east coast to Sayward. 



Sorex vagrans nevadensis Merriamf* 



1895. Sorex nevadensis Merriam, North Amer. Fauna No. 10, p. 71, Dec. 31, 



1895. 

 1928. Sorex vagrans nevadensis Jackson, North Amer. Fauna No. 51, p. 107, 



July 24, 1928. 

 Type Locality. — Reese River at about 6,000 feet, at line between Lander and 

 Nye Counties, Nev. Range. — Central Nevada. 



Sorex vagrans halicoetes Grinnell* 



1913. Sorex halicoetes Grinnell, Univ. California Publ. Zool., vol. 10, No. 9, 

 p. 183, Mar. 20, 1913. 



1928. Sorex vagrans halicoetes Jackson, North Amer. Fauna No. 51, p. 108, 

 July 24, 1928. 



Type Locality. — Salt marsh bordering San Francisco Bay near Palo Alto, 

 Santa Clara County, Calif. Range. — Salt marshes bordering south arm of San 

 Francisco Bay, from San Francisco around to West Berkeley ; zonal range, Upper 

 Sonoran (Grinnell, Univ. California Publ. Zool., vol. 40, No. 2, p. 81, Sept. 26, 

 1933). 



Sorex vagrans paludivagus von Bloeker 



1939. Sorex vagrans paludivagus von Bloeker, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 

 vol. 52, p. 93, June 5, 1939. 



Type Locality. — Salt marsh at mouth of Elkhorn Slough, Moss Landing, Mon- 

 terey County, Calif. Range. — Insofar as known, confined to coastal salt marsh 

 areas in west-central California, from San Gregorio, San Mateo County, south 

 at least to Seaside Lagoon, Monterey County. Probably also occurs in salt 

 marshes on seaward side of San Francisco Peninsula as far north as Rockaway 

 Beach, San Mateo County, and on Monterey Peninsula as far south as Point 

 Pinos, Monterey County. 



Sorex vagrans amoenus Merriamf* 



1895. Sorex amoenus Merriam 3 North Amer. Fauna No. 10, p. 69, Dec. 31, 

 1895. 



