Vagrant shrew

Vagrant shrew[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Sorex
Species:
S. vagrans
Binomial name
Sorex vagrans
Baird, 1857
Vagrant shrew range

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.

  1. ^ Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 299. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Matson, J.; Woodman, N. & Reid, F. (2008). "Sorex vagrans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2010.