Sorex jacksoni
| Saint Lawrence Island Shrew
(Sorex jacksoni) | |
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| Range | |
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| Taxonomic classification | |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Suborder: | Erinaceota |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Subfamily: | Soricinae |
| Tribe: | Soricini |
| Genus: | Sorex |
| Subgenus: | Otisorex |
| Species group: | Sorex cinereus group |
| Binomial details | |
| Sorex jacksoni E. R. Hall & Gilmore, 1932 | |
| Other resources | |
| Full taxonomic details at MDD | |
Sorex jacksoni is a small, tricolored shrew known only from St. Lawrence Island, west of mainland Alaska in the Bering Sea.
Description
From Hall & Kelson (1959): "Tricolored (Clove brown, paler brown, and Smoke Gray) in summer pelage."
External measurements
No results found.
Skull
From Hall & Kelson (1959): "3rd unicuspid equal to or larger than 4th; unicuspids without pigmented internal ridge."
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References
Hall ER, Gilmore RM. 1932-09-17. New mammals from St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea, Alaska. University of California Publications in Zoology 38(9):391-404.
Hall ER, Kelson KR. 1959. The Mammals of North America. The Ronald Press Company, New York.