Sorex monticolus

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,180 meters (0 to 10,433 feet).[1]

Ecology: It is found in a variety of habitat types : montane boreal and coastal coniferous forest and alpine areas; damp meadows surrounded by coniferous forest, in grass among spruce-fir, mid-elevation fir-larch, along streams and rivers in high prairie, mossy banks of small streams, alpine tundra, sphagnum bogs .[2].

List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.1     Forest - Boreal   
  
•     1.2     Forest - Subarctic   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     1.9     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.1     Grassland - Tundra   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
  
•     5.4     Wetlands (inland) - Bogs, Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Subgenus : Otisorex

Last scrutiny: 28-Nov-2006

There has been disagreement over whether S. monticolus is distinct from S. vagrans at the species level; most recent studies recognize S. monticolus as a distinct species (e.g. , Jones et al. 1992, Hutterer in Wilson and Reeder 1993 and 2005, Smith and Belk 1996).[2].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Sorex

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 120 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

S. alaskanus (Glacier Bay Water Shrew) · S. alpinus (Alpine Shrew) · S. antinorii (VALAIS SHREW) · S. araneus (European Shrew) · S. araneus araneus (European Shrew) · S. arcticus (Black-Backed Shrew) · S. arcticus arcticus (Black-Backed Shrew) · S. arizonae (Arizona Shrew) · S. arunchi (UDINE SHREW) · S. asper (Tien Shan Shrew) · S. averini (Dneper Common Shrew) · S. bairdi (Baird's Shrew) · S. bairdii (Baird's Shrew) · S. bedfordiae (Lesser Stripe-Backed Shrew) · S. bendirii (Bendire's Water Shrew) · S. bendirii bendirii (Bendire's Water Shrew) · S. buchariensis (Buchara Shrew) · S. caecutiens (Laxmann's Shrew) · S. camtschatica (Kamchatcka Shrew) · S. cansulus (Gansu Shrew) · S. cinereus (Long-Tailed Shrews) · S. cinereus nigriculus (Tuckahoe Masked Shrew) · S. cinereus streatori (Cinereus Shrew) · S. coronatus (Or Jersey Shrew) · S. cylindricauda (Greater Stripe-Backed Shrew) · S. daphaenodon (Siberian Large-Toothed Shrew) · S. daphaenodon daphaenodon (Siberian Large-Toothed Shrew) · S. dispar (Long-Tailed Or Rock Shrew) · S. dispar blitchi (Long-Tailed Or Rock Shrew) · S. dispar dispar (Long-Tailed Shrew) · S. emarginatus (Jackson's Shrew) · S. excelsus (Highland Shrew) · S. fumeus (Long-Tailed Shrews) · S. fumeus fumeus (Smokey Shrew) · S. gaspensis (Gaspé Shrew) · S. gracillimus (Slender Shrew) · S. granarius (Lagranja Shrew) · S. haydeni (Hayden's Shrew) · S. hosonoi (Azumi Shrew) · S. hoyi (American Pygmy Shrew) · S. hoyi hoyi (American Pygmy Shrew) · S. hoyi montanus (Pygmy Shrew) · S. hoyi thompsoni (Northeastern Pygmy Shrew) · S. hoyi winnemana (Southern Pygmy Shrew) · S. hydrodromus (Pribilof Island Shrew) · S. isodon (Equal-Toothed Shrew) · S. ixtlanensis (Ixtlan Shrew) · S. jacksoni (Saint Lawrence Island Shrew) · S. kozlovi (Kozlov's Shrew) · S. leucogaster (Paramushir Island Shrew) · S. longirostris (Dismal Swamp Southeastern Shrew) · S. longirostris eionis (Homossassa Shrew) · S. longirostris fisheri (Dismal Swamp Southeastern Shrew) · S. longirostris longirostris (Southeastern Shrew) · S. lyelli (Mount Lyell Shrew) · S. macrodon (Mexican Large-Toothed Shrew) · S. maritimensis (Maritime Shrew) · S. mediopua (Jalisco Shrew) · S. merriami (Merriam's Shrew) · S. merriami leucogenys (Merriam's Shrew) · S. milleri (Carmen Mountains Shrew) · S. minutissimus (Least Siberian Shrew) · S. minutus (Eurasian Pygmy Shrew) · S. mirabilis (Ussuri Shrew) · S. monticolus (Montane Shrew) · S. monticolus malitiosus (Warren Island Dusky Shrew) · S. monticolus monticolus (Montane Shrew) · S. monticolus neomexicanus (Montane Shrew) · S. nanus (Rocky Mountain Dwarf Shrew) · S. neomexicanus (Long-Tailed Shrews) · S. oreopolus (Mexican Long-Tailed Shrew) · S. orizabae (Orizaba Long-Tailed Shrew) · S. ornatus (Suisun Shrew) · S. ornatus ornatus (Ornate Shrew) · S. ornatus relictus (Buena Vista Lake Ornate Shrew) · S. ornatus salarius (Monterey Ornate Shrew) · S. ornatus salicornicus (Salt Marsh Ornate Shrew) · S. ornatus sinuosus (Suisun Shrew) · S. ornatus willetti (Santa Catalina Shrew) · S. pacificus (Pacific Shrew) · S. pacificus pacificus (Pacific Shrew) · S. palustris (Northern Water Shrew) · S. palustris albibarbis (American Water Shrew) · S. palustris brooksi (Vancouver Island Water Shrew) · S. palustris palustris (Northern Water Shrew) · S. palustris punctulatus (American Water Shrew) · S. planiceps (Kashmir Pygmy Shrew) · S. portenkoi (Portenko's Shrew) · S. preblei (Preble's Shrew) · S. pribilofensis (Pribilof Island Shrew) · S. raddei (Radde's Shrew) · S. roboratus (Flat-Skulled Shrew) · S. rohweri (Olympic Shrew) · S. sadonis (Sado Shrew) · S. samniticus (Appenine Shrew) · S. satunini (Caucasian Shrew) · S. saussurei (Saussure's Shrew) · S. saussurei saussurei (Saussure's Shrew) · S. sclateri (Sclater's Shrew) · S. shinto (Sado Shrew)

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Further Reading

• A Taxonomic review of American long-tailed shrews (genera Sorex and Microsorex) By Hartley H. T. Jackson. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1928. url p. 110.
• A check list of mammals of the North American continent, the West Indies and the neighboring seas. 6 1905 Chicago, 1905. url p. 692.
• A faunal survey of the Centennial Valley Sandhills, Beaverhead County, Montana / [prepared by Paul Hendricks and Michael Roedel]. Helena, MT: Montana Natural Heritage Program, [2001] url , , p. 25, p. 9.
• A morphometric analysis of geographic variation within Sorex monticolus (Insectivora:Soricidae) / Lois F. Alexander. 1996 Lawrence, Kan.: Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, c1996. url , , , p. 1, fig. 5, page 10, fig. 6, page 11, p. 13, p. 15, p. 16, fig. 7, page 17, p. 19, p. 2, p. 21, p. 22, fig. 9, page 23, p. 24, fig. 10, page 25, fig. 11, page 27, p. 28, fig. 12, page 29, fig. 1, page 3, fig. 13, page 31, p. 32, fig. 14, page 33, figs. 15-16, page 34, p. 35, p. 36, fig. 17, page 37, p. 39, p. 4, p. 41, p. 43, p. 45, p. 47, p. 49, fig. 2, page 5, p. 51, p. 53, p. 7, fig. 4, page 8, p. 9.
• Amphibian, reptile and northern bog lemming survey on the Rocky Mountain Front: 1996 / submitted by James D. Reichel; a report to Lewis and Clark National Forest, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Region 4, [and] BLM-Great Falls Resource Area. Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, c1997. url , p. 42.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 14, p. 188, p. 20, p. 21, p. 246, p. 622.
• 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. 14.
• North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url p. 11, p. 132, p. 43, p. 44, p. 86.
• Northern bog lemming survey, 1993: a report to USDA Forest Service / Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, 1994. url .
• Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. 1977 Lawrence, Kan.: The University, 1971-1994. url p. 12, fig. 9-10, page 14, p. 14, fig. 11, page 15, p. 15, fig. 12, page 16, p. 16, p. 17, p. 18, p. 19, fig. 1, page 2, fig. 7, page 20, p. 21, p. 23, p. 28, p. 31, p. 31, p. 33, p. 34, p. 35, p. 40, p. 42, p. 44, p. 5, p. 6, p. 7.
• Occasional papers of the Natural History Museum, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. 1995 Lawrence, Kan.: The University, 1994-1996. url fig. 9-10, page 11, fig. 12, page 14, fig. 13-14, page 15, fig. 23, page 25, fig. 24-25, page 26, fig. 26, page 27, p. 28, p. 29, p. 30, p. 31, p. 32, p. 34, fig. 3, page 5.
• Potential wildlife-highway interactions at select mile-markers along Montana Department of Transportation routes an ArcView GIS analysis / Bozeman, Mont.: Fish and Wildlife Management Program, Montana State University, 2001 url .
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 414.
• Publication. Field Columbian Museum. Chicago, U.S.A.: The Museum, 1895-1909. url p. 448, p. 692.
• Swan Valley northern bog lemming survey: Final report to Montana Department of Transportation / Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, 1994. url .
• Systematic results of the study of North American land mammals to the close of the year 1900, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., and James A. G. Rehn. Boston, Society of Natural History, 1901. url p. 237.
• The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url , p. 111, p. 112, p. 113, p. 114, p. 146, p. 17, p. 254, p. 255, p. 256, p. 3, p. 332, p. 349, p. 350, p. 489, p. 527, p. 528, p. 55, p. 572, p. 582, p. 589, p. 590, p. 591, p. 593, p. 6, p. 83, p. 88, p. 94.
• The Great Basin naturalist. 59 1999 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url , , sutter, munger & hengel, page 102, p. 104, belk, pritchett & smith, page 387, egoscue, page 530, p. 531, p. 92, ports & george, page 93.
• The mammals of the Huachua Mountains, southeastern Arizona Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1954. url p. 45.
• University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 6 1952 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 31, fig. 1, page 32, p. 50.
• Zoe:a biological journal. 3 1892 San Diego, Calif. [etc.]Zoe Publishing Co. url p. 220.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 11 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Insectivore Specialist Group 1996. Sorex monticolus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
• Matson, J., Woodman, N., Castro-Arellano, I. & de Grammont, P.C. 2008. Sorex monticolus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• Burke Museum: Mammal Specimens
• GBIF-Sweden: Mammals (NRM)
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum: Mammal specimens
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• Sternberg Museum of Natural History: Mammal Collection
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: University of Alaska Museum Mammal Collection
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: University of New Mexico Division of Genomic Resources Mammal Collection
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: University of New Mexico Museum of Southwestern Biology Mammal Collection
• University of Colorado Museum: Zoological specimens
• University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History: Mammal specimens
• Utah Museum of Natural History: Mammal specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 107086
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-179950
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 179950
• IUCN ID: 242953
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMABA01080
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 178396

Footnotes

1. Mean = 830.960 meters (2,726.247 feet), Standard Deviation = 754.730 based on 915 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Matson, J., Woodman, N., Castro-Arellano, I. & de Grammont, P.C. 2008. Sorex monticolus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]

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