Sorex pacificus (Pacific shrew)
Specimen Images | FW3107 |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Eulipotyphla |
| Family | Soricidae |
| Genus | Sorex |
| Species | Sorex pacificus |
| Common | Pacific shrew |
| Diet | Insectivore; invertebrates |
| Habitat | Riparian and moist areas in forest; coarse woody debris along streams. Range limited to western Oregon. |
| Description | Large shrew, pale, reddish-brown, long tail. Pacific shrew (S. pacificus) is indistinguishable in the field from the fog shrew (S. sonomae). |
| Skull Characteristics | Members of the family Soricidae have red pigment on the teeth. |
| Notes | Order recently changed from Soricomorpha to Eulipotyphla.
Link to more species information: Smithsonian |