HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER SORICOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Soricidae
--> SUBFAMILY Soricinae
--> TRIBE Soricini
--> GENUS Sorex
--> SUBGENUS Otisorex
SPECIES Sorex (Otisorex) dispar
Author: | Batchelder, 1911. | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 24: 97. | Common Name: | Long-tailed Shrew | Type Locality: | USA, "Beede's (sometimes called Keene Heights), in the township of Keene, Essex county, New York". Redescribed by Martin (1966:131) as 0.6 mi. (1 km) S, 0.5 mi. (0.8 km) E St. Huberts, Essex Co., New York, lat. 44°09', long. 73°46'. | Distribution: | Appalachian Mtns from W Virginia to N Carolina and Tenessee; New England, S New Brunswick and adjacent Nova Scotia (Canada). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Otisorex. For comparison with gaspensis see Kirkland and Van Deusen (1979). Reviewed by Kirkland (1981, Mammalian Species No. 155). |
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