Blarina brevicauda talpoides

• Interesting Facts
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 728 meters (0 to 2,388 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Blarina

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 11 species and subspecies in this genus:

B. brevicauda (Northern Short-Tailed Shrew) · B. brevicauda aloga (Martha's Vineyard Short-Tailed Shrew) · B. brevicauda brevicauda (Northern Short-Tailed Shrew) · B. brevicauda compacta (Nantucket Short-Tailed Shrew) · B. brevicauda telmalestes (Dismal Swamp Short-Tailed Shrew) · B. carolinensis (Southern Short-Tailed Shrew) · B. carolinensis shermani (Sherman's Short-Tailed Shrew) · B. hylophaga (Elloit's Short-Tailed Shrew) · B. hylophaga hylophaga (Elliot's Short-Tailed Shrew) · B. hylophaga plumbea (Aransas Short-Tailed Shrew) · B. peninsulae (Everglades Short-Tailed Shrew)

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Further Reading

• A catalogue of the collection of mammals in the Field Columbian Museum. 1907 8 Chicago: Field Columbian Museum, 1907. url p. 475.
• A check list of mammals of the North American continent, the West Indies and the neighboring seas: supplement / by Daniel Giraud Elliott. Edited by J. A. Allen. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1917. url p. 148.
• A comparison of the animal communities of coniferous and deciduous forests, Urbana, Ill., c1927 url p. 57.
• A faunal investigation of King Township, York County, Ontario / [Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology], 1930. url p. 175.
• A faunal investigation of Long Point and vicinity, Norfolk County, Ontario / [Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology], 1931. url p. 131.
• A faunal investigation of the Lake Abitibi region, Ontario / Toronto: University Library: published by the Librarian, 1928. url p. 7, p. 8.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 23, p. 24, p. 35, p. 36, p. 524.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: The Museum, 1950-1977. url p. 55.
• Fauna of New England. Boston, Printed for the [Boston] Society [of Natural History] from the Gurdon Saltonstall Fund, 1904-25. url , p. 30.
• Field book of North American mammals; descriptions of every mammal known north of the Rio Grande, together with brief accounts of habits, geographical ranges, etc., by H. E. Anthony. .. with 32 coloured plates and 175 photographs, pen-and-ink sketches and maps. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. url fig. 13, p. 43.
• Fleas of eastern United States, by Irving Fox. .. Ames, Ia., The Iowa State College Press, 1940. url p. 36, p. 37, p. 81, p. 92, p. 93, p. 94, p. 97, p. 98.
• List of North American land mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911; by Gerrit S. Miller, jr. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1912. url p. 24.
• Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1961 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url p. 171, p. 18, p. 20, p. 26, p. 35.
• Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 1913- url p. 11, p. 3, p. 7.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 162, p. 195, p. 198.
• Proceedings of the New England Zoo?logical Club. [Cambridge, Mass.]: The Club, 1899- url p. 76, p. 77, p. 77, p. 78.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 587.
• Publication. Field Museum of Natural History. Chicago, U.S.A.: The Museum, 1910-1943. url p. 493.
• Systematic results of the study of North American land mammals during the years 1901 and 1902 / by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. and James A.G. Rehn. Boston: Society of Natural History, 1903. url p. 120.
• The Canadian field-naturalist. 34 1920 Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 166, p. 184, p. 192, p. 35, p. 44.
• The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 117, p. 28.
• The mammals of Illinois and Wisconsin, by Charles B. Cory. .. Chicago, 1912. url p. 493, p. 493.
• University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 5 1952 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 328.
• [Collected reprints, 1912-1919. s.l., s.n., 19--] url .

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10420063
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13909414
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2223853

Footnotes

1. Mean = 248.900 meters (816.601 feet), Standard Deviation = 135.460 based on 597 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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