Blarina carolinensis 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 : 269

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11341693
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scientific name	Blarina carolinensis Bachman 1837
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Blarina carolinensis Bachman 1837 View in CoL

Blarina carolinensis Bachman 1837 View in CoL , J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 7: 366.

Type Locality: USA, "in the upper and maritime districts of South Carolina ".

Vernacular Names: Southern Short-tailed Shrew.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Blarina carolinensis subsp. carolinensis Bachman 1837

Subspecies Blarina carolinensis subsp. minima Lowery 1943

Subspecies Blarina carolinensis subsp. shermani Hamilton 1955

Distribution: S Illinois east to N Virginia, and south through E Texas and N Florida ( USA).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: For specific status see Genoways and Choate (1972) and Tate et al. (1980), for a general review Genoways and Choate (1998) and McCay (2001, Mammalian Species No. 673). Hall (1981:54) listed carolinensis as a subspecies of brevicauda . Karyotype has 2n = 36-46, FN = 48-49 (Genoways and Benedict, in Wilson and Ruff, 1999).