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Fig. 2. Distribution of Sorex longirostris west of the Blue Ridge in Virginia. 
The heavy dashed line follows the Blue Ridge front. Arrows indicate low- 
elevation gaps in the Blue Ridge and access from the Tennessee Valley. Shaded 
areas represent potential S. longirostris habitat in western Virginia and adjacent 
parts of Maryland and West Virginia: (1) Tennessee River watershed up to 457 
m. (2) Roanoke River basin up to 610 m. (3) New River basin from the West 
Virginia boundary up to 610 m (continuing down to the Ohio Valley in West 
Virginia). (4) James River watershed up to 457 m. (5) Manassas Gap to 
Shenandoah River basin up to 305 m. (6) Potomac River basin up to 305 m. 
Solid circles represent pitfall trap localities where S. longirostris was caught; 
open circles represent pitfall trap localities where S. longirostris was not found. 
Solid triangles represent localities where S. longirostris has been taken by means 
other than pitfall traps. 
withdraw from the lower elevations of the Valley of Virginia, clearing 
the way for S. longirostris ? Only more collecting can unveil the full 
extent of details of the distribution of S. cinereus and S. longirostris and 
its oddities in western Virginia. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.— We thank Jack Cranford of Virginia 
Polytechnic Institute and State University, for donation of specimens. 
Walter Bulmer of Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale 
Campus; Carl Ernst of George Mason University; and Robert Simpson 
of Lord Fairfax Community College allowed us to examine and report on 
