Vagrant Shrew
Sorex vagrans
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Eulipotyphla
- Family
- Soricidae
The vagrant shrew (Sorex vagrans), also known as the wandering shrew, is a medium-sized North American shrew. At one time, the montane shrew and the Orizaba long-tailed shrew were considered to belong to the same species. Range and habitat This animal inhabits open and wooded areas in western Canada and the United States west of the Continental Divide.
La Musaraigne errante (Sorex vagrans) est une espèce de mammifères de la famille des Soricidae. Elle a une taille moyenne comparativement aux autres musaraignes d'Amérique du Nord. Dans le passé, la musaraigne Sorex monticolus était considérée comme appartenant à la même espèce.
Sorex es un género de mamífero soricomorfo de la familia Soricidae. No todas las especies, de este género se han podido integrar en los subgéneros aceptados. Existen varias propuestas para los grupos de especies, basados en estudios de cromosomas, genéticos o morfológicos, pero no son congruentes.
Distribution
More from the same family
Northern Short-tailed Shrew
Blarina brevicauda
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SoricidaeArctic Shrew
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SoricidaeMarsh Shrew
Sorex bendirii
SoricidaeCinereus Shrew
Sorex cinereus
SoricidaeCinereus Shrew
Sorex cinereus cinereus
SoricidaeEurasian Pygmy Shrew
Sorex eximius
SoricidaeSmoky Shrew
Sorex fumeus
Soricidae