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Sorex vagrans (vagrant shrew)

Specimen Images | ST3X331 | ST3A |


Class Mammalia
Order Eulipotyphla
Family Soricidae
Genus Sorex
Species Sorex vagrans
Common vagrant shrew
Diet Insectivore
Habitat Moist habitats, sedge/grass/willows. Throughout Pacific Northwest.
Description

Formerly in order Soricomorpha. Back brown, sides paler and belly white.

Skull Characteristics

Members of the family Soricidae have red pigment on the teeth.

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