FIELD BOOK OF MAMMALS 



San Bernardino Shrew. — Sorex ohscurus parvidens Jackson. 

 Resembling typical ohscurus in size and color, but differing 

 in cranial and dental characters. Total length, 4.2 inches; 

 tail vertebrae, 1.8 inches; hind foot, .52 inch. Found in San 

 Bernardino Mountains, California. 



Cascade Shrew.' — Sorex ohscurus permiliensis Jackson. 



Resembling setosus but redder in summer pelage and with 

 shorter tail. Upperparts (summer) between snuff-brown 

 and sepia; sides slightly paler than back; underparts bufify 

 brown to tawny olive; tail very faintly bicolor, above like 

 back, below paler. Winter pelage: upperparts light brown. 

 Total length, 4.7 inches ; tail vertebrae, 2 inches; hind foot, 

 .56 inch. Found about Mount Jefferson and Mount Hood, 

 Cascade Range, Oregon. 



Glacier Bay Shrew. — Sorex glacialis Merriam. 



Size large; tail long. Upperparts dark dusky brown; under- 

 parts whitish, clearly differentiated from color of upper- 

 parts by a distinct line; tail above, dusky, below bufify, tip 

 dark. Total length, 4.9 inches; tail vertebrae, 2.1 inches; 

 hind foot, .54 inch. Found in region about Glacier Bay, 

 Alaska. 



Long-tailed Shrew.' — Sorex longicauda longicauda (Merriam). 

 Size large; tail long; ears prominent. Upperparts dark 

 chestnut-brown; underparts ashy washed with bufify; tail 

 bicolor, dark brown above, buffy below. Total length, 

 5.2 inches; tail vertebrse, 2.4 inches; hind foot, .6 inch. 

 Found on "Coast of southeast Alaska, from Wrangel south- 

 ward; also coast of Washington, including Puget Sound and 

 Skagit Valley." (Merriam) 



Queen Charlotte Shrew. — Sorex longicauda elassodon Osgood. 

 Resembling typical longicauda but smaller; color as in 

 longicauda. Total length, 5.3 inches; tail vertebrae, 2.2 

 inches; hind foot, .56 inch. Found on Moresby Island, 

 Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. 



Prevost Island Shrew. — Sorex longicauda prevostensis 

 Osgood. 

 Resembling typical longicauda but slightly darker and with 

 less contrast in color of upper and lower parts. Total length, 

 5.4 inches; tail vertebras, 2.3 inches, hind foot, .60 inch. 

 Found on Prevost Island, Queen Charlotte Islands, British 

 Columbia. 



Yakutat Shrew. — Sorex alascensis alascensis (Merriam) . 



Size large; tail long but not as long as in longicauda. Upper- 

 parts sepia brown; underparts grayish; tail bicolor, above, 

 dark brown, below whitish, tip dark. Total length, 4.6 

 inches; tail vertebras, 2 inches; hind foot, .59 inch. Found 

 about Yakutat Bay, Alaska. 



Shumagin Islands Shrew.' — Sorex alascensis shumaginensis 

 Merriam. 

 Resembling typical alascensis, but slightly smaller and 

 paler. Upperparts sepia brown mixed with light-tipped 



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