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SPECIES Sorex (Otisorex) ornatus

Author:Merriam, 1895.
Citation:N. Am. Fauna, 10: 79.
Common Name:Ornate Shrew
Type Locality:USA, "San Emigdio Canyon, Mt. Pi±os [Kern Co.], California".
Distribution:California coastal ranges from N of San Francisco Bay to N part and S tip of Baja California; Santa Catalina Isl.
Status:U.S. ESA – Endangered as S. o. relictus; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Subgenus Otisorex. Genetically related to S. vagrans (Demboski and Cook, 2001). Reviewed by Owen and Hoffmann (1983, Mammalian Species No. 212), who recognized 9 subspecies. For further distributional information see Williams (1979) and Junge and Hoffmann (1981); for karyotype (2n = 54, FN = 76) and allozyme data see Brown and Rudd (1981) and George (1988).
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Offspring:

SUBSPECIES ornatus

SUBSPECIES juncensis

SUBSPECIES lagunae

SUBSPECIES relictus

SUBSPECIES salarius

SUBSPECIES salicornicus

SUBSPECIES sinuosus

SUBSPECIES willetti

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