- New Mexico Shrew
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New Mexico Shrew Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Soricomorpha Family: Soricidae Genus: Sorex Species: S. neomexicanus Binomial name Sorex neomexicanus
Bailey, 1913
New Mexico Shrew range The New Mexico Shrew (Sorex neomexicanus) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found only in New Mexico in the Capitan, Manzano, and Sandia Mountains. Its total length is 103 to 121 millimeters. Its tail length is 39 to 54 millimeters. It weighs 6 to 8 grams[2]. It was included in Sorex monticolus until 1996[3]. It is distinguished from Sorex monticolus by its teeth. The row of unicuspid teeth is longer in Sorex neomexicanus than in Sorex monticolus, and Sorex neomexianus has a wider space between its first upper unicuspid and second upper unicuspid (going from front to back) than Sorex monticolus does[2].
References
- ^ "Sorex neomexicanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2008. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/136608. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
- ^ a b Kays, Roland, Roland W. Kays, and Don E. Wilson. Mammals of North America. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009. Print.
- ^ Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. Print.
