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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER SORICOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Soricidae
--> SUBFAMILY Soricinae
--> TRIBE Soricini
--> GENUS Sorex
--> SUBGENUS Otisorex
SPECIES Sorex (Otisorex) bendirii
| Author: | Merriam, 1884. | | Citation: | Trans. Linnean Soc. New York, 2: 217. | | Common Name: | Marsh Shrew | | Type Locality: | USA, "Klamath Basin, Oregon" = Oregon, Klamath Co., l mi. (1.6 km) from Williamson River, l8 mi. (29 km) SE of Fort Klamath. | | Distribution: | A narrow coastal area from NW California to Oregon and Washington (USA); a few records from SE British Columbia (Canada). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Originally described in the monotypic genus Atophyrax Merriam; now in subgenus Otisorex. S. vagrans complex (Carraway, 1990; Demboski and Cook, 2001). Karyotype has 2n = 54, FN = 70. Reviewed by Pattie (1973, Mammalian Species No. 27). |
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