FIELD BOOK OF MAMMALS 



4.6 inches; tail vertebrae, 1.8 inches; hind foot, .52 inch. 

 Found in ' ' Canadian and upper part of Transition faunas of 

 eastern United States; southward in higher Alleghenies to 

 mountains of North CaroHna and Tennessee." (Merriam) 



Northern Smoky Shrew. — Sorex fumeus umbrosus Jackson. 

 Larger than typical fumeus and grayer in color. Upper- 

 parts (winter) dark gray, with some hairs whitish-tipped; 

 underparts slightly paler; tail bicolor, above fuscous, below 

 yellowish. Summer pelage somewhat darker and browner. 

 Total length, 5.1 inches; tail vertebras, 2.1 inches; hind foot, 

 .56 inch. Found in "Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, south- 

 eastern Quebec, and Maine." (Jackson) 



Wandering Shrew. — Sorex vagrans vagrans Baird. 



Size small; tail medium. Upperparts dark brown, under- 

 parts ashy gray; tail above, dusky, below paler. Total 

 length, 4.1 inches; tail vertebrae, 1.7 inches; hind foot, .5 

 inch. Found in "Southern British Columbia, western 

 Washington and Oregon, and northern California (south on 

 the coast to Monterey and in the mountains to old Fort 

 Crook and Cassel). Restricted to Lower Boreal and Upper 

 Transition Zones." (Merriam) 



Dobson Shrew. — Sorex vagrans dobsoni (Merriam). 



Slightly larger than typical vagrans. Upperparts sepia 

 brown; underparts ashy to drab; tail bicolor, dark brown 

 and drab. Total length, 4.2 inches; tail vertebrae, 1.9 

 inches; hind foot, .5 inch. Found in "Rocky Mountain 

 region in northern Idaho and western Montana; also 

 isolated mountains in Montana (Big Snowy and Pryor 

 Mountains), Wyoming (Big Horn Mountains), and Utah 

 (Wasatch Mountains). Restricted to Lower Boreal and 

 Upper Transition Zones." (Merriam) 



Arizona Mountain Shrew. — Sorex vagrans monticola (Mer- 

 riam) . 

 Resembling typical vagrans in size, but grayish brown in 

 color instead of chestnut-brown. Total length, 4.4 inches; 

 tail vertebras, 1.9 inches; hind foot, .5 inch. _ Found in 

 "Arizona (San Francisco Mountain, Springerville, Chiri- 

 cahua Mountains) . ' ' (Miller) 



Salt Marsh Shrew. — Sorex haUcoetes Grinnell. 

 Resembling typical vagrans, but much darker in color. 

 Upperparts dark seal-brown, nearly black on rump; ears 

 Vandyke brown; underparts brownish, chin and throat 

 paler; tail unicolor, sepia. Total length, 4.2 inches; tail 

 vertebra, 1.6 inches; hind foot, .5 inch. Found in salt 

 marshes of Santa Clara County, California. 



Olympic Shrew. — Sorex setosus Elliot. 

 Size rather large, resembling obscurus in color. Upperparts 

 brown with scattering light-tipped hairs; underparts ashy, 

 washed with buff; tail above, dark brown, below, yellowish 

 white. Total length, 4.8 inches; tail vertebras, 2.2 inches; 



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