PIGMY SHREW, Microsorex hoyi 



M NM 



Range. — Soutli-central Alaska and a broad belt 

 east to Atlantic and south to Gre^vt Lakes and 

 Blue Ridge Mountains. 



Habitat. — This shrew sometimes appears rare, 

 l)ut may in fact be conuiion al times. It burrows 

 in leaf mold and uses tuiniels of othei- animals; 

 it i)refers drier situations, in <>rassy cleariuiis and 

 tiiickets or ferns, than do otiier slirews. 



Race in Ahi.'ika. — The pigmy shrew is i lie small- 

 est of all mannnals (adults weigh about as nuich as 

 a dime). The subspecies in Alaska is exhnhi.s 

 (type locality : Tyonek, Cook Inlet ) . 



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