SHREW 



Maryland Shrew. — Sorex fontinalis Hollister. 



Smaller than typical personatus and with shorter tail, color 

 as in personatus. Total length, 3.8 inches; tail vertebras, 

 1.25 inches; hind foot, .40 inch. Found in "Sphagnum 

 bogs near the District of Columbia." (Miller) 



Preble Shrew. — Sorex preblei Jackson. 



Paler and grayer than typical personatus. Upperparts 

 (summer) light brown (hair-brown to olive-drab) ; under- 

 parts smoky gray; tail above, olive-buff, below, light brown, 

 tip dark. Total length, 3.8 inches; tail vertebrae, 1.5 inches; 

 hind foot, .44 inch. Found in eastern Oregon, Malheur 

 County. 



Big-tailed Shrew.- — Sorex dispar Batchelder. 



Size large ; tail long. Upperparts dark slate-colored ; under- 

 parts smoke-gray; tail above somewhat browner than color 

 of back. Total length, 5.2 inches; tail vertebrae, 2.4 inches; 

 hind foot, .6 inch. Found in "Adirondack and Catskill 

 Mountains, New York; also in the mountains of West 

 Virginia." (Miller) 



Gaspe Shrew. — Sorex gaspensis Anthony and Goodwin. 



Resembling personatus in size and proportions, but much 

 darker; most nearly related to dispar. Upperparts slaty 

 gray; feet whitish; tail above dark like back, below, whitish, 

 tip dark; underparts smoke-gray. Total length, 4.1 inches; 

 tail vertebrae, 1.9 inches; hind foot, ,42 inch. Found on 

 Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec. 



Richardson Shrew. — Sorex richardsoni^ Bachman. 



Size large ; tail short. Upperparts dark brown ; sides fulvous 

 to ochraceous, contrasting with upperparts; underparts 

 washed with chestnut; tail above and at tip dusky, below, 

 pale brownish. Total length, 4.5 inches; tail vertebrse, 1.6 

 inches; hind foot, .55 inch. Found in "Plains of Saskatche- 

 wan and boreal parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin; north 

 to lower Mackenzie Valley." (Miller.) 



Sorex sphagnicola = Sorex richardsoni, according to Preble. 



Tundra Shrew. — Sorex tundrensis Merriam. 



Size large, tail rather short. Upperparts (summer) brown; 

 sides abruptly paler, pale buffy brown; underparts soiled 

 whitish; tail above like back, below buffy, tip dark. Winter 

 pelage, brown above, sides and underparts silvery whitish. 

 Total length, 4.3 inches; tail vertebrae, 1.3 inches; hind foot 

 .52 inch. Found in region about St. Michael, Norton 

 Sound, Alaska. 



Smoky Shrew. — Sorex fumeus fumeus Miller. 



Size large; tail short; ears prominent. Upperparts dark 

 slate color; underparts slaty washed with grayish; tail above, 

 dusky, below, yellowish white. A brown phase occurs, 

 chestnut-brown above, slightly paler below. Total length, 



^ Sorex richardsoni should be known as Sorex arcticus, according to 

 Jackson. 



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