Older IX. Insectivora. The Insecfivores. 



Famih^ I. Soricidje. Shrews. 



Subfamily I. Soricinse. 



Genus 143. Sorex. Coiiiiiioii Shrews. 



Sorex Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1758, p. 53; i, 1766, p. 73. Type Sorex 

 araiieiis Linnaeus. 



1071. Sorex personatus L Geoff. St. Hilaire. 



Sorex personatus I. Geoff. St. Hil., Mem. du Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 



XV, 1827, pp. 122-125. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 



Pub., 11, 1901, p. 366. Zool. Ser. 

 Sorex forsteri Rich., Zool. Journ., iii, 1828, p. 516. 

 Sorex coo peri Bachm., Journ. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1837, p. 388, 



pi. XXIV, fig. 7. 

 Sorex fimbripes Bachm., Journ. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1837, 



p. 391, pi. XXIV, fig. 8. 

 Aniphisorex lesueuri Duvern., Mag. Zool., Mamm., 1842, p. 2)Z> 



pi. L. 

 Sorex platyrhynchus Linsley, Sillim. Am. Journ. Scien., xliii, 1842, 



p. 346. 

 Otisorex plaiyrhinus DeKay, Zool. N. Y., i, 1842, p. 22, pi. v, 



fig- I- 

 Sorex Jiaydejii Baird, N. Am. Mamm., 1857, p. 29. 



Sorex richardsoni Dobson, Mon. Insectiv., i, Pt. in, 1890, pi. xxiii, 

 fig. 9. (nee Bachm.) 



Sorex idahoensis Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 5, 1891, p. 32. 

 Masked Shrew. 



Type locality. Eastern United States. 



Geogr. Distr. New England to Alaska and south in high moun- 

 tains to Tennessee and North Carolina. Not found in the southern 

 Rocky Mountains or in the Cascade or Sierra Ranges. 



(I. Soiuw pr/soi/atiis stTecttori Merriam. 



Sorex personatus streatori Merr., N. Am. Faun., No. 10, 1895, P- ^^• 

 Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 11, 1901, p. 367. 

 Zool. Ser. 

 Streator's Shrew. 



Type locality. Yakutat, Alaska. 

 Geogr. Distr. Range unknown. 



44t) 



