Sorex alaskanus

In 2014, Hope et al. split Sorex navigator from S. palustris. S. navigator now includes alaskanus as a subspecies (Sorex navigator alaskanus).

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References

Hope, A. G., Panter, N., Cook, J. A., Talbot, S. L., & Nagorsen, D. W. (2014). Multilocus phylogeography and systematic revision of North American water shrews (genus: Sorex). Journal of Mammalogy, 95(4), 722-738.

Nagorsen, D. W., Panter, N., & Hope, A. G. (2017). Are the western water shrew (Sorex navigator) and American water shrew (Sorex palustris) morphologically distinct?. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 95(10), 727-736.