Olympic shrew
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Species of mammal
| Olympic shrew | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Sorex |
| Species: | S. rohweri
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| Binomial name | |
| Sorex rohweri Rausch, Feagin, & Rausch, 2007
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| Olympic shrew range | |
TheOlympic shrew(Sorex rohweri) is a rare species ofshrewthat lives in only 13 spots in northwestWashington stateand, a recent discovery, inBurns Bog,located inDelta, BC.
Not much is known about this species. It was only described in 2007 and is often mistaken for themasked shrew,Sorex cinereus.[2]Recent reexaminations of museum specimens show the species occurs in British Columbia in the Fraser Valley south of the Fraser River, east to Chilliwack Lake.[3]
Survival
[edit]Its survival in Canada is threatened by the South Fraser Perimeter Road, part 2 of theGateway Program
References
[edit]- ^Cassola, F. (2017)."Sorex rohweri".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2017:e.T136282A22317740.doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T136282A22317740.en.Retrieved18 November2021.
- ^Rausch, R. L., J. E. Feagin, and V. R. Rausch. 2007.Sorex rohwerisp. nov. (Mammalia, Soricidae) from northwestern North America. Mammalian Biology, 72 (2):93-105.
- ^Nagorsen, David and N. Panter. 2009. Identification and Status of the Olympic Shrew (Sorex rohweri) in British Columbia. Northwest Naturalist 90:117–129.
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