Tiny shrew

Tiny shrew

Taxobox
name = Saint Lawrence Island Shrew
status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Soricomorpha
familia = Soricidae
genus = "Sorex"
species = "S. yukonicus"
binomial = "Sorex yukonicus"
binomial_authority =
synonyms =
range_



range_map_caption = Approximate "Sorex yukonicus" range. Only one specimen has been discovered, at the location indicated.
The tiny shrew ("Sorex yukonicus") is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is a recently identified species known only from a single specimen found at Galena, Alaska. [ [http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/smgame/shrews.php Shrews: Wildlife Notebook Series - Alaska Department of Fish and Game ] ]

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