Sorex (Otisorex) longirostris Bachman 1837

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Soricomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 220-311 : 290

Sorex (Otisorex) longirostris Bachman 1837

Sorex (Otisorex) longirostris Bachman 1837 , J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 7: 370.

Type Locality: USA, "in the swamps of Santee [River], South Carolina "; restricted to Hume Plantation (Cat Isl in the mouth of Santee River) by Jackson (1928:85).

Vernacular Names: Southeastern Shrew.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Sorex (Otisorex) longirostris subsp. longirostris Bachman 1837

Subspecies Sorex (Otisorex) longirostris subsp. eonis Davis 1957

Subspecies Sorex (Otisorex) longirostris subsp. fisheri Merriam 1895

Distribution: SE USA, Florida west to Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana; Virginia and N Carolina.

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Delisted Taxon as S. l. fisheri; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Otisorex , S. cinereus species group ( Demboski and Cook, 2003). As pointed out by Junge and Hoffmann (1981), this species is inappropriately named because it has one of the shortest rostra of North American Sorex . Junge and Hoffmann (1981) also suggested that shrews of the Great Dismal Swamp described as fisheri and traditionally included in longirostris as a subspecies are much larger and may represent a valid species. Reviewed by French (1980, Mammalian Species No. 143). Part of range mapped in detail by Pagels and Handley (1989) and Pagels et al. (1982).