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VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF THE UNITED STATES 



British Columbia to southern Colorado and the Sierra Nevadas; south- 

 ward to Sequoia Park. 



N. hendiri (Merriam). Color blackish brown above and below; 



length 150 mm.; tail 68 mm.; hind foot 20 mm.: 



western Oregon and Washington. 



Subspecies of N . hendiri 



Klamath Basin, Oregon, 



Fig. 146.- 

 albiharbis 



-Neosorex 

 {Rhoads). 



Color glossy black; size 

 Size larger; beneath 



N. h. hendiri (Merr.). 

 to Puget Sound. 



N. h. palmeri (Merr.). 

 larger: western Oregon. 



N. h. albiventev (Merr.). 

 whitish: Olympic Mountains. 



3. Microsorex Coues. Similar to Sorcx: body 

 very small; inner side of canines and second and 

 third incisors with a distinct secondary cusp; fourth 

 upper incisor very small and nearly hidden: 4 

 species in America, 2 in the United States. 



M. hoyi (Baird). Body brown in color; length 

 Qomm.; tail 32 mm.; hind foot 10 mm.: northern 

 America from New England to British Columbia; 

 southward to Wisconsin and northern New York; 

 rare. 



M. winnemana Preble. Color grayish brown; 

 tail bicolor; length 78 mm.; tail 28 mm.; hind foot 

 9 mm.: northern Virginia; the smallest American 

 mammal. 



4. Blarina Gray. Short-tailed shrews. Body 

 rather stout, somewhat mole-like; ears hidden in the 

 fur; teeth tipped with chestnut; tail about as long 

 as the head; dentition 4/2, i/o, 2/1, 2>/Z'-i species, 2 

 in the United States. 



B. brevicauda (Say). Mole shrew (Fig. 147). 

 Body dark brown in color; length 127 mm.; tail 26 

 mm.; hind foot 16 mm.: eastern and central America; 

 westward to western Nebraska; common in woods 

 and fields, bogs and swamps; emits a fetid odor. 



Subspecies of B. brevicauda 



B. h. brevicauda (Say). Western Nebraska to Manitoba; eastward 

 to the Mississippi River. 



