Baird's shrew

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Baird's shrew
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Sorex
Species:
S. bairdi
Binomial name
Sorex bairdi
Merriam, 1895
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Baird's shrew range

Baird's shrew (Sorex bairdi) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to northwest Oregon. [1] Baird's shrew inhabits moist conifer forests.

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Description

Its fur is darker brown in winter than in summer, when it is brownish-chestnut or olive brown, with paler sides and belly. Males and females are about the same size, which is common among shrews in general. Also like other shrew species, Baird's shrew feeds on insects, worms, snails, and spiders. It shares the forests of its range with six other species of shrew, such as the Pacific shrew.

Body length ranges from 100 to 143 mm (3.9 to 5.6 in), with an average weight of 7.6 g (0.27 oz), but ranging anywhere from 5.5 to 11.2 g (0.19 to 0.40 oz). [2]

Subspecies

Baird's shrew has two subspecies: [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Cassola, F. (2016). "Sorex bairdi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T41387A22314464. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T41387A22314464.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. North American Mammals (n.d), Baird's shrew Archived 2013-11-11 at the Wayback Machine . from The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals, by Don E. Wilson and Sue Ruff (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1999) and Mammals of North America, by Roland W. Kays and Don E. Wilson (Princeton University Press, 2002).
  3. "ITIS - Report: Sorex bairdi".