Species: Sorex preblei

Preble's Shrew
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Mammalia

    Order

    Soricomorpha

    Family

    Soricidae

    Genus

    Sorex

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    musaraigne de Preble
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Mammals - Other Mammals
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Soricidae - Sorex - species.
    Short General Description
    A shrew.
    Migration
    true - false - false
    Non-migrant
    true
    Locally Migrant
    false
    Food Comments
    Probably resembles other shrews, feeding primarily on insects and other small invertebrates (worms, molluscs, centipedes, etc.).
    Length
    10
    Weight
    3
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G4
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    1996-11-01
    Global Status Last Changed
    1996-11-01
    Other Status

    LC - Least concern

    Conservation Status Map
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    Global Range
    G - 200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles) - G - Western North America, from the Columbia Plateau to the northern Great Plains (Junge and Hoffman 1981, Cornely et al. 1992, Long and Hoffman 1992). Recorded occurrences include northeastern California, northwestern and northeastern Nevada (Ports and George 1990), central and eastern Oregon, southeastern Washington, southcentral British Columbia (D. Nagorsen, pers. comm.), west-central Idaho, Montana (east to the North Dakota border), northwestern and southwestern Wyoming, west-central Colorado (Long and Hoffman 1992), and the south shore of the Great Salt Lake; no records for Snake River Plain of southern Idaho or from the bulk of the Great Basin in Nevada or Utah south of the 40th meridian. Elevations of about 1280-2550 m.
    Global Range Code
    G
    Global Range Description
    200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles)
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