Olympic shrew
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  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Sorex |
| Species: | S. rohweri |
| 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
Its survival in Canada is threatened by the South Fraser Perimeter Road, part 2 of the Gateway Program
References
- Cassola, F. 2017. Sorex rohweri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T136282A22317740. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T136282A22317740.en. Downloaded on 25 March 2019.
- 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.
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