Wikibooks: Field Guide/Mammals/Masked Shrew

• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Banks Lake; Canada; Queen Charlotte; Thumb; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Field_Guide/Mammals/Masked_Shrew

Mammal ID common name = Masked Shrew latin name = sorex cinereus image =MaskedShrew23.jpg thumb MaskedShrew23 image caption =Masked Shrew family = Soricidae size = The masked shrew usually weighs between .08 1.4 ounces (2.5 4.0g) and is approximately 3.9 inches (10cm) in length. Average length of the tail is 1.5 inches (3.9cm) comprising over 40% its the total length. {{Citation last1=Leel first1=W. year=2010 title=Masked Shrew retrieved from l=University of Michigan Museum of Zoology url=http //animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/sorex cinereus/ accessdate=October 10 2012 description = The fur along the back is brown while underside fur is white. The coat tends to be darker overall in winter. The tail is brown above and pale underneath with a blackish tip. Citation last1Whitakerl first1=J.O. year=2004 title=Sorex Cinereus periodical=Mammalian Species issue=743 pages=1–9. url=http //www.science.smith.edu/msi/pdf/743 Sorex cinereus.pdf accessdate=October 10 2012 similar species = The masked shrew can easily be mistaken with the pygmy shrew (Sorex hoyi)which is slightly smaller. Although similar in size their coloration is different where the masked shrew is darker in color. range = The masked shrew is the most widely distributed shrew found in North America. They occur throughout the northern United States most of Canada and Alaska. They do not occur on Vancouver Island the Queen Charlotte Islands in tundra habitats arctic islands or in extreme northern Quebec. Citation last1Whitakerl first1=J.O. year=2004 title=Sorex Cinereus periodical=Mammalian Species issue=743 pages=1–9. url=http //www.science.smith.edu/msi/pdf/743 Sorex cinereus.pdf accessdate=October 10 2012 habitat = The masked shrew typically live in open and closed forests meadows river banks lake shores and willow thickets. Habitat suitability depends on the availability of water and the highest population densities can be found in moist environments where water is easily accessible. Citation last1=Leel first1=W. year=2010 title=Masked Shrew ...