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Family SORICID^. 



Subfamily Soricin^. 



Genus SOREX Linnaeus.^ 



1758. Sorex Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 53. Type 

 8 or ex araneus Linn^us. 



*Sorex personatus personatus I. GeofFroy. 



1827. Sorex personatus I. Geoffroy, Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., 



Paris, vol. 15, p. 122. 

 1885. Sorex platyrliinus and Sorex cooperi True, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., vol. 7 (1884), p. 606. 1885. 

 (See note, page 399.) 



tl891. Sorex ida/ioensis Merrl^m, North Amer. Fauna, No. 5, p. 

 32. July 30, 1891. Timber Creek, Salmon River Mountains, 

 Idaho. 



Type Locality. — Eastern United States. 



Range. — Boreal and Transition Zones of North America from 

 New England to Alaska, except the southern Rocky Moun- 

 tains and the Cascade-Sierra systems; south in the higher Alle- 

 ghenies to Tennessee and North Carolina. 



t*Sorex personatus haydeni (Baird). 



1857. Sorex haydeni Baird, Mamm. N. Amer., p. 29. 



1896. Sorex personatus haydeni Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 



Hist., vol. 8, p. 257. November 25, 1896. 

 Type Locality. — Fort Union, near present town of Buford, 



North Dakota. 



Sorex personatus miscix Bangs. 



1899. Sorex personatus miscix Bangs, Proc. New England Zool. 

 Club, vol. 1, p. 15. February 28, 1899. 



Type Locality. — Black Bay, Strait of Belle Isle, Labrador. 



t*Sorex personatus arcticus Merriam. 



1900. Sorex personatus arcticus Merriam, Proc. Washington 

 Acad. Sci., vol. 2, p. 17. March 14, 1900. 



Type Locality. — St. IVIichaels, Norton Sound, Alaska. 



t*Sorex personatus streatori Merriam. 



1895. Sorex personatus streatori Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, 



No. 10, p. 62. December 31, 1895. 

 Type Locality. — Yakutat, Alaska. 

 Range. — Southeastern Alaska. 



» Revised by Merriam, North Amer. Fauna, No. 10, pp. 57-89, December 31, 1895, and Hollister, Proc. 

 CJ. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 40, pp. 377-381, April 17, 1911. 



