HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER SORICOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Soricidae
--> SUBFAMILY Soricinae
--> TRIBE Soricini
--> GENUS Sorex
--> SUBGENUS unnamed subgenus, see comments
SPECIES Sorex (unnamed subgenus, see comments) merriami
Author: | Dobson, 1890. | Citation: | Monogr. Insectivora, pt. 3 (Soricidae)(fasc. l): pl. 23. | Common Name: | Merriam's Shrew | Type Locality: | USA, "Fort Custer, Montana" = Bighorn Co., Little Bighorn River, ca. l mi. (1.6 km) above Fort Custer (= Hardin). | Distribution: | Xeric habitats in EC Washington to N and E California, Arizona, north-eastward to Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana (USA). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Referred to unnamed subgenus by George (1988:456). Reviewed by Armstrong and Jones (1971b, Mammalian Species No. 2). |
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