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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER SORICOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Soricidae
--> SUBFAMILY Soricinae
--> TRIBE Soricini
--> GENUS Sorex
--> SUBGENUS Otisorex
SPECIES Sorex (Otisorex) fumeus
| Author: | G. M. Miller, 1895. | | Citation: | N. Am. Fauna, 10: 50. | | Common Name: | Smoky Shrew | | Type Locality: | USA, "Peterboro [Madison Co.], New York." | | Distribution: | S Ontario, S Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia (Canada); all of New England and Appalachian Mtns and adjacent areas to NE Georgia (USA). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Otisorex. Reviewed by Owen (1984, Mammalian Species No. 215). Karyotype has 2n = 66, FN = 98. Overlaps in distribution and may be easily confused with arcticus in part of its range (Junge and Hoffmann, 1981). |
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