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m), 12 (NVCC-A). Richmond Co.: 4 mi. S Warsaw, 5 m, 2; 5 mi. S 
Warsaw, 5 m, 1. Southampton Co.: 8 mi. W Capron, 31 m, 3; 5.7 mi. W 
Courtland, 21 m, 1; 5 mi. NE Sebrell, 24 m, 1. Sussex Co.: Warwick 
Swamp, 1.4 mi. SE Sussex-Prince George Co. line, 23 m, 1. 
Westmoreland Co.: 2.2 mi. SSW Colonial Beach, 6 m, 1; 1 mi. W Lerty, 
47 m, 1. Total 50. 
PIEDMONT. Amherst Co.: 0.1 mi. NW Amherst, 213 m, 2; Forks 
of Buffalo, 280 m, 1. Campbell Co.: Brookneal, 125 m, 3. Charlotte Co.: 
2.2 mi. S and 5 mi. W Charlotte, 146 m, 1; Cub Creek, 1 mi. W Phenix, 
110 m, 1; 1.3 mi. W Phenix, 116 m, 2; Roanoke Creek, 6 mi. W 
Keysville, 91 m, 6. Fairfax Co.: Dulles Airport, (91 m), 5 (GMU), 5 
(NVCC-A); Fairfax (GMU Campus), 137 m, 1 (GMU); Fort Belvoir, 
North Post, (31 m), 1 (GMU). Fauquier Co.: Conde (Rte. 737), 158 m, 1 
(LFCC); 4 mi. NNE Marshall, 168 m, 6; 9.4 mi. NNE Marshall, 168 m, 
2. Greene Co.: 0.6 mi. W Stanardsville, 183 m, 1. Pittsylvania Co.: 1 mi. 
W Mount Airy, 165 m, 4. Prince William Co.: Haymarket, (101 m), 1 
(GMU). Total 43. 
BLUE RIDGE. Greene Co.: 4.7 mi. W Stanardsville, 411 m, 
Rappahannock Co.: Chester Gap, 412 m, 4. Warren Co.: 1 mi. S Front 
Royal, National Zoological Park Conservation Center, (305 m), 1 
(LFCC); Linden, along branch of Manassas Run, 274 m, 2; 2.4 mi. W 
Linden, beside Manassas Run, 213 m, 1. Total 9. 
RIDGE AND VALLEY. Lee Co.: 2 mi. W Ewing, 415 m, 3; 3 mi. 
W Jonesville, 421 m, 1; 1 mi. N Rose Hill, Poor Valley Branch, 433 m, 
1. Montgomery Co.: VPI & SU, Blacksburg, 610 m, 5. Rockbridge Co.: 
1.5 mi. NW Lexington, 305 m, 1; Vesuvius, 460 m, 1 (USNM). Scott 
Co.: ca. 1 mi. E Hiltons, 442 m, 1. Total 13. 
Associated Species 
In this study, five of the other eight species of shrews known from 
Virginia (Sorex fumeus, Sorex hoyi , Blarina brevicauda, Blarina 
carolinensis, and Cryptotis parva) were captured at one or more sites 
with S. longirostris. Because of their narrow habitat preferences and 
limited distribution in Virginia, it is unlikely that Sorex dispar or Sorex 
palustris will be found with S. longirostris. The masked shrew, Sorex 
cinereus, has been captured with S. longirostris in west-central Indiana 
(Rose 1980), but never in Virginia or elsewhere. In our area, S. cinereus 
and S. longirostris exhibit contiguous allopatry. Sorex cinereus is 
common at high elevations, and we found that its lowest elevational 
limits (between 442 and 594 m) approximated the highest elevations at 
which the southeastern shrew was collected (457 to 610 m). Mean 
elevations of captures of the two species were 823 m versus 155 m. 
