Sorex (Otisorex) pacificus Coues 1877

Sorex (Otisorex) pacificus Coues 1877, Bull. U. S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr., 3 (3): 650.

Type Locality: USA, "Fort Umpqua [mouth Umpqua River, Douglas County], Oregon." .

Vernacular Names: Pacific Shrew.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Sorex (Otisorex) pacificus subsp. pacificus Coues 1877

Subspecies Sorex (Otisorex) pacificus subsp. cascadensis Carraway 1990

Distribution: Coastal forests and Cascade Mountains, Oregon (USA).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Otisorex . S. vagrans complex (Carraway, 1990). Karyotype has 2n = 54, FN = 62. Not conspecific with mirabilis; see Yudin (1969) and Hoffmann (1971). Related to monticolus; see Findley (1955 b), Junge and Hoffmann (1981), and George (1988). Reviewed by Carraway (1985, Mammalian Species No. 231), who later (1990) removed sonomae from synonymy; see comments under that species.