SHREW 



Carolina Shrew. — Sorex longirostris Bachman. 



Size small ; ears conspicuous ; resembling personatus. Upper- 

 parts chestnut-brown; underparts ashy to drab; tail above 

 dark, below paler. Total length, 3.6 inches; tail vertebrse, 

 1.3 inches; hind foot, .43 inch. Found in " Austroriparian 

 fauna of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia ; west 

 to southern Illinois; north to the District of Columbia." 

 (Miller) 



Fisher Shrew. — Sorex fisher i Merriam. 



Resembling longirostris but larger, coloration duller, ears 

 larger. Upperparts dull chestnut-brown; underparts drab 

 brown; tail dark above, pale brown below, tip dark; nose 

 and ears dark. Total length, 4.2 inches; tail vertebras, 1.55 

 inches; hind foot, .48 inch. Found in Dismal Swamp, 

 Norfolk County, Virginia. 



Pacific Shrew. — Sorex pacificus pacificus Coues. 



Largest Shrew of the genus Sorex; ears prominent. Upper- 

 parts cinnamon-rufous, in winter mixed with dark-tipped 

 hairs; underparts like upper. Total length, 6 inches; tail 

 vertebrae, 2.5 inches; hind foot, .68 inch. Found in "A 

 narrow belt along the Pacific Coast from Point Reyes, 

 California, to Yaquina Bay, Oregon." (Merriam) 



Sonoma Shrew. — Sorex pacificus sonomce Jackson. 



Smaller and somewhat darker than typical pacificus. 

 Upperparts (summer) mummy-brown; underparts olive- 

 brown to buffy brown. Total length, 5.3 inches; tail verte- 

 bras 2.4 inches; hind foot, .64 inch. Found in "Coast 

 region of California from Point Arena, Mendocino County, 

 south to Point Reyes, Marin County." (Jackson) 



Yaquina Shrew. — Sorex yaquince Jackson, 



Resembling pacificus but smaller and tail shorter. Upper- 

 parts fuscous (winter) ; underparts slightly paler than back ; 

 tail faintly bicolor, drab above, light drab below. Summer 

 pelage redder, upperparts near cinnamon-brown. Total 

 length, 5.5 inches; tail vertebrae, 2.4 inches; hind foot, .64 

 inch. Found in western Oregon in region west of the 

 Cascades and north of the Umpqua River. 



Pribilof Shrew.^ — Sorex pribilofensis Merriam. 



Size small; tail short, thick, hairy; ears prominent. Upper- 

 parts chocolate-brown; sides ochraceous buff; underparts 

 soiled whitish; tail bicolor, brown above, white below. 

 Total length, 4.2 inches; tail vertebras, 1.4 inches; hind foot^ 

 .54 inch. Found on St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska. 



Merriam Shrew. — Sorex merriami Dobson. 



Size small ; ears prominent ; cranial characters very peculiar. 

 Upperparts ashy gray; underparts white; tail above, buffy; 

 below, white. Total length, 3.8 inches; tail vertebrae, 1.4 

 inches; hind foot, .44 inch. Very rare and has been found 

 on Little Bighorn River near Fort Custer, Montana; near 

 Antelope, Oregon; near Medora, North Dakota; in Elko 

 County, Nevada; and in Columbia County, Washington. 



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