Sorex fumeus (Miller)

Smoky Shrew

Don Linzey & Christy Brecht
Wytheville Community College
Wytheville, Virginia 24382


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Sorex_fumeus -- Smoky Shrew

Last updated: 26 November, 2005

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Species Description

left lateral view of
skull and mandible
dorsal view of skull ventral view of skull

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Sorex fumeus

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Phylogeny

Taxonomic Category Scientific Name Common Name
Phylum Chordata Chordates
Class Mammalia Mammals
Order Insectivora Insectivores
Family Soricidae Shrews
Subfamily Soricinae Shrews

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Geographic distribution

The smoky shrew is primarily a northern and mountain species and is found throughout the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, south in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia, and west to central Ohio and Kentucky.

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Habitat

Streamsides, both in evergreen and deciduous forests, are favored. This species accouned for 12.6% of all small mammals captured in a study in the spruce-fir forest (Smith and Mouzon, 1985). The smokey shrew is near the southern limit of its range in the park.

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Natural History

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Conservation Biology

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Links to Other Sites

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Acknowledgements

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Last modified: 8 April, 2002