| Ornate shrew | |
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| Sorex ornatus relictus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Sorex |
| Species: | S. ornatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Sorex ornatus Merriam, 1895
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| Ornate shrew range | |
The ornate shrew (Sorex ornatus) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae (shrews).[2] It is endemic to western North America, ranging from Northern California in the United States to the Baja California peninsula in Mexico.[1] Eight subspecies are known, including the extinct tule shrew (S. o. juncensis), known only from four specimens collected in 1905, and the Suisun ornate shrew (S. o. sinuosus), a species of conservation concern in California. Through skull morphology research and genetic testing on Ornate shrew populations, it has been shown that there are three main genetic subdivisions: The Southern, Central and Northern.[3][4] These three genetic subdivisions of Ornate shrew arose from populations of Ornate shrews getting geographically isolated from other populations.[3][4]
- ^ a b Ticul Alvarez, S.; Matson, J.; Castro-Arellano, I.; Woodman, N.; de Grammont, P.C. & Hammerson, G. (2008). "Sorex ornatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- ^ Hutterer, R. (2005). "Order Soricomorpha". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 294. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Maldonado, Jesús E.; Vilà, Carles; Wayne, Robert K. (2001). "Tripartite genetic subdivisions in the ornate shrew (Sorex ornatus)". Molecular Ecology. 10 (1): 127–147. Bibcode:2001MolEc..10..127M. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294x.2001.01178.x. ISSN 1365-294X. PMID 11251793. S2CID 16777578.
- ^ a b Maldonada, Jesús; Hertel, Fritz; Vilà, Carles (2004). "Discordant Patterns of Morphological Variation in Genetically Divergent Populations of Ornate Shrews (Sorex ornatus)". Journal of Mammalogy. 85 (5): 886–896. doi:10.1644/1545-1542(2004)085<0886:DPOMVI>2.0.CO;2.