Baird's Shrew
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Baird's Shrew is a species of mammal
in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to northwest Oregon
. Baird's Shrew inhabits moist conifer forests.
Its fur is darker brown in winter than in summer, when it is brownish-chestnut or olive brown, with paler sides and belly. Males and females are about the same size, which is common among shrews in general. Also like other shrew species, Baird's Shrew feeds on insects, worms, snails, and spiders. Baird's shrew shares the forests of its range with six other species of shrew, such as the Pacific Shrew
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Body length ranges from 100 to 143 mm, with an average weight of 7.6 g, but ranging anywhere from 5.5 to 11.2 g.
Type Locality "United States
, Oregon
, Clatsop County, Astoria
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Baird's Shrew has one subspecies:
Sorex bairdi permiliensis, (Jackson, 1918). Type locality "Permilia Lake, W base Mt. Jefferson, Cascade Range, Marion Co., Oregon."
Mammal
Mammals are members of a class of air-breathing vertebrate animals characterised by the possession of endothermy, hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands functional in mothers with young...
in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to northwest Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
. Baird's Shrew inhabits moist conifer forests.
Its fur is darker brown in winter than in summer, when it is brownish-chestnut or olive brown, with paler sides and belly. Males and females are about the same size, which is common among shrews in general. Also like other shrew species, Baird's Shrew feeds on insects, worms, snails, and spiders. Baird's shrew shares the forests of its range with six other species of shrew, such as the Pacific Shrew
Pacific Shrew
The Pacific Shrew is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to western Oregon in the United States....
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Body length ranges from 100 to 143 mm, with an average weight of 7.6 g, but ranging anywhere from 5.5 to 11.2 g.
Type Locality "United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
, Clatsop County, Astoria
Astoria, Oregon
Astoria is the county seat of Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. Situated near the mouth of the Columbia River, the city was named after the American investor John Jacob Astor. His American Fur Company founded Fort Astoria at the site in 1811...
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Baird's Shrew has one subspecies:
Sorex bairdi permiliensis, (Jackson, 1918). Type locality "Permilia Lake, W base Mt. Jefferson, Cascade Range, Marion Co., Oregon."