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
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
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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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