Sorex (Otisorex) pacificus Coues 1877

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 : 294

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scientific name	Sorex (Otisorex) pacificus Coues 1877
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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.