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--> GENUS Blarina
SPECIES Blarina brevicauda
Author: | Say, 1823. | Citation: | In James, Account Exped. Pittsburgh to Rocky Mtns, 1: 164. | Common Name: | Northern Short-tailed Shrew | Type Locality: | USA, Engineer cantonment, west bank of the Missouri River; restricted to Nebraska, Washington Co., approximately 2 mi. (3.2 km) east Ft. Calhoun by Jones (1964:68). | Distribution: | S Canada west to C Saskatchewan and east to SE Canada, south to Nebraska and N Virginia (USA). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Includes telmalestes (see review by George et al., 1986, Mammalian Species No. 261), which Hall (1981:57) listed as a distinct species. Karyotype has 2n = 48-50, FN = 52 (Zima et al., 1998). |
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