Sorex vagrans

• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• Bibliography
• More Info
• Notes

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,875 meters (0 to 9,432 feet).Mean = 820.350 meters (2,691.437 feet), Standard Deviation = 668.500 based on 802 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Biome: Fresh water . Demersal .

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Nov-2006

Similar Species

Members of the genus Sorex

There are approximately 273 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

S. alaskanus (Glacier Bay Water Shrew) · S. albibarbis · S. alpinus (Alpine Shrew) · S. alpinus hercynicus · S. annexus · S. antinorii (Valais Shrew) · S. araneus (Common Shrew) · S. araneus araneus · S. araneus castaneus · S. araneus fretalis · S. araneus granarius · S. araneus petrovi · S. araneus silanus · S. araneus tetragonurus · S. araneus tomensis · S. arcticus (Arctic Shrew) · S. arcticus arcticus · S. arcticus laricorum · S. arcticus maritimensis · S. arcticus tundrensis · S. areneus · S. arizonae (Arizona Shrew) · S. articus · S. arunchi (Udine Shrew) · S. asper (Tien Shan Shrew) · S. averini (Dneper Common Shrew) · S. bairdi (Baird's Shrew) · S. bairdi bairdi · S. bairdi permiliensis · S. bairdii · S. bairdii bairdii · S. bairdii permiliensis · S. bedfordiae (Lesser Striped Shrew) · S. bendiri · S. bendirii (Bendire's Shrew) · S. bendirii albiventer · S. bendirii bendirii · S. bendirii palmeri · S. bor · S. buchariensis (Buchara Shrew) · S. caecutiens (Laxmann's Shrew) · S. caecutiens saevus · S. caecutiens shinto · S. camtschatica (Kamchatcka Shrew) · S. cansulus (Gansu Shrew) · S. casimiri · S. caudatus · S. cinereus (Cinereus Shrew) · S. cinereus acadicus · S. cinereus cinereus · S. cinereus fontinalis · S. cinereus frontalis · S. cinereus haydeni · S. cinereus hollisteri · S. cinereus lesueurii · S. cinereus miscix · S. cinereus nigriculus (Tuckahoe Masked Shrew) · S. cinereus ohionensis · S. cinereus or · S. cinereus streatori (Cinereus Shrew) · S. cinerius · S. cinnamomeus · S. coronatus (Crowned Shrew) · S. crassicaudus · S. cudahyensis · S. cylindricauda (Greater Stripe-Backed Shrew) · S. cylindricauda nepalensis · S. daphaenodon (Large-Toothed Siberian Shrew) · S. daphaenodon daphaenodon · S. daphaenodon sanguinidens · S. daphaenodon scaloni · S. dehmi · S. dispar (Gray Long-Tailed Shrew) · S. dispar blitchi (Long-Tailed Or Rock Shrew) · S. dispar dispar (Long-Tailed Shrew) · S. emarginatus (Zacatecas Shrew) · S. etruscus · S. excelsus (Chinese Highland Shrew) · S. fimbriatus · S. fumeus (Long-Tailed Shrews) · S. fumeus cinereus · S. fumeus fumeus · S. fumeus umbrosus · S. fusco · S. fusco murinus · S. gapperi · S. gaspensis (Gaspe Shrew) · S. gracillimus (Slender Shrew) · S. gracillimus gracillimus · S. gracillimus granti · S. gracillimus hyojironis · S. gracillimus minor · S. gracillimus natalae · S. granarius (Iberian Shrew) · S. griffithi · S. grivensis · S. haydeni (Hayden's Shrew) · S. horsfieldii · S. hosonoi (Azumi Shrew) · S. hoyi (American Pygmy Shrew)

Bibliography

• Alfred L. Gardner: Includes S. trigonirostris
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
• Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds). 1993. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London.
• Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.

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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.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed April 21, 2007.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 13 providers.
• Insectivore Specialist Group 1996. Sorex vagrans. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
• NatureServe. 2003. Downloadable animal data sets. NatureServe Central Databases. Accessed February 6, 2005.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• Burke Museum: Mammal Specimens
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science: Mammal specimens
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
• Museum of Texas Tech University (TTU): Mammal specimens
• 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 Museum of Southwestern Biology Mammal Collection
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Mammal Collection
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Mammal specimens
• Utah Museum of Natural History: Mammal specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2479765
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-179932
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 241472
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 179932
• IUCN ID: 41425
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMABA01070
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 15515

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