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Range — Upper Sonoran, Transition and Boreal zones in the 

 northwestern portion of the state, east to Shasta County, and 

 south as far as Monterey (Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna, 10, 

 1895, p. 68; Mus. Vert. Zool.). 



Sorex vagrans amoenus Merriam 

 Sierra Nevada Shrew 



Original description — Sorex amoenus Merriam, N. Amer. 

 Fauna, 10, December, 1895, pp. 69, 70. 



Type locality — Mammoth Pass, 10,000 feet altitude, east 

 slope Sierra Nevada, Mono County, California. 



Range — Transition and Boreal zones on the Sierra Nevada, 

 at least from Mono County north to Mount Shasta (Merriam, 

 supra cit., and N. Amer. Fauna, 16, 1899, p. 87; Mus. Vert. 

 Zool.). 



Sorex halicoetes Grinnell 



Salt Marsh Shrew 



Original description — Sorex halicoetes Grinnell, Univ. Calif. 

 Publ. Zool., 10, March 20, 1913, pp. 181-184. 



Type locality — Salt Marsh near Palo Alto, Santa Clara 

 County, California. 



Range — Salt marshes bordering the south arm of San Fran- 

 cisco Bay, at least from Belmont, San Mateo County, around 

 to Melrose, Alameda County (Mus. Vert. Zool). 



Sorex obscurus obscurus Merriam 

 Dusky Shrew 



Original description — Sorex obscurus Merriam, N. Amer. 

 Fauna, 10, December, 1895, pp. 72, 7Z. 



Type locality — Timber Creek, 8200 feet, Salmon River 

 Mountains, Idaho (see Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna, 5, 1891, 

 p. 34). 



Range — Boreal zone along the Sierra Nevada, from Shasta 

 County to Olancha Peak, Tulare County (Merriam, supra cit.; 

 Mus. Vert. Zool.). 



