The Olympic shrew (Sorex rohweri) is a rare species of shrew that lives in only 13 spots in northwest Washington state and, a recent discovery, in Burns Bog, located in Delta, BC.
Olympic shrew | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Soricidae |
Genus: | Sorex |
Species: | S. rohweri
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Binomial name | |
Sorex rohweri Rausch, Feagin, & Rausch, 2007
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Olympic shrew range |
Not much is known about this species. It was only described in 2007 and is often mistaken for the masked shrew, Sorex cinereus.[2] Recent reexaminations of museum specimens show the species occurs in British Columbia in the Fraser Valley south of the Fraser River, east to Chilliwack Lake.[3]
Survival
editIts survival in Canada is threatened by the South Fraser Perimeter Road, part 2 of the Gateway Program
References
edit- ^ Cassola, F. (2017). "Sorex rohweri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T136282A22317740. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T136282A22317740.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Rausch, R. L., J. E. Feagin, and V. R. Rausch. 2007. Sorex rohweri sp. nov. (Mammalia, Soricidae) from northwestern North America. Mammalian Biology, 72 (2):93-105.
- ^ Nagorsen, David and N. Panter. 2009. Identification and Status of the Olympic Shrew (Sorex rohweri) in British Columbia. Northwest Naturalist 90:117–129.