Sorex (Otisorex) monticolus Merriam 1890

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Sorex (Otisorex) monticolus Merriam 1890

Sorex (Otisorex) monticolus Merriam 1890 , N. Amer. Fauna, 3: 43.

Type Locality: USA, Arizona, Coconino Co., San Francisco Mountain, altitude 3500 meters.

Vernacular Names: Dusky Shrew.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Sorex (Otisorex) monticolus subsp. monticolus Merriam 1890

Subspecies Sorex (Otisorex) monticolus subsp. alascensis Merriam 1895

Subspecies Sorex (Otisorex) monticolus subsp. calvertensis Cowan 1941

Subspecies Sorex (Otisorex) monticolus subsp. elassodon Osgood 1901

Subspecies Sorex (Otisorex) monticolus subsp. insularis Cowan 1941

Subspecies Sorex (Otisorex) monticolus subsp. isolatus Jackson 1922

Subspecies Sorex (Otisorex) monticolus subsp. longicaudus Merriam 1895

Subspecies Sorex (Otisorex) monticolus subsp. malitiosus Jackson 1919

Subspecies Sorex (Otisorex) monticolus subsp. obscurus Merriam 1891

Subspecies Sorex (Otisorex) monticolus subsp. parvidens Jackson 1921

Subspecies Sorex (Otisorex) monticolus subsp. prevostensis Osgood 1901

Subspecies Sorex (Otisorex) monticolus subsp. setosus Elliot 1899

Subspecies Sorex (Otisorex) monticolus subsp. shumaginensis Merriam 1900

Subspecies Sorex (Otisorex) monticolus subsp. soperi Anderson and Rand 1945

Distribution: Montane boreal and coastal coniferous forest and alpine areas from Alaska to California and New Mexico, east to Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado ( USA) and to W Manitoba ( Canada); Chihuahua, Durango ( Mexico).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Otisorex . S. vagrans complex ( Carraway, 1990) or "dusky shrew complex" ( Demboski and Cook, 2001). Includes obscurus and durangae, which were previously included in vagrans and saussurei respectively; see Hennings and Hoffmann (1977) and map in Junge and Hoffmann (1981); other synonyms follow van Zyll de Jong (1983 a) and George and Smith (1991). Related to pacificus (see George, 1988). Reviewed by Smith and Belk (1996, Mammalian Species No. 528), and by Alexander (1996). Phylogeography of the entire complex analyzed by Demboski and Cook (2001).