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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER SORICOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Soricidae
--> SUBFAMILY Soricinae
--> TRIBE Soricini
--> GENUS Sorex
--> SUBGENUS Otisorex
SPECIES Sorex (Otisorex) nanus
| Author: | Merriam, 1895. | | Citation: | N. Am. Fauna, 10: 81. | | Common Name: | Dwarf Shrew | | Type Locality: | USA, "Estes Park [Larimer Co.], Colorado". | | Distribution: | Rocky Mountains from Montana to New Mexico; South Dakota; Arizona (USA). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Otisorex. Very similar to, and perhaps conspecific with tenellus, see review by Hoffmann and Owen (1980, Mammalian Species No. 131); but George (1988) retained both as distinct species. |
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