Sorex hoyi (small mammal)
Variant names: Microsorex hoyi

Mass: 2.8 g based on Foresman 1986

Abundance: 0.00 to 2.93% (median 0.54%)

Latitudinal range: 30.8° to 61.3°

Habitats: (8), boreal forest/taiga (2), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), temperate wetland (1)

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Found in 12 samples

Canada: LaBiche River Valley

United States: Gingercake Creek, North of Madison, Upper Susitna River Basin, Zesch Cave (Late Pleistocene), Welsh Cave (Late Pleistocene), King Leo Pit Cave (Late Pleistocene), Robinson Cave (Late Pleistocene), Meyer Cave (Holocene), Bootlegger Sink (Pleistocene - Holocene), New Paris Sinkhole No. 4 (Late Pleistocene), Natural Chimneys (Late Pleistocene)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass3.69 gN = 1Foresman 1986
♂ body mass2.10 gN = 1Foresman 1986
♀ condylobasal length13.4 mmN = 1Foresman 1986
♂ condylobasal length13.6 mmN = 1Foresman 1986
♀ hind foot length8.5 mmN = 1Foresman 1986
♂ hind foot length9.0 mmN = 1Foresman 1986
♀ skull width6.3 mmN = 1Foresman 1986
♂ skull width6.7 mmN = 1Foresman 1986
♂ tail length28.0 mmN = 1Foresman 1986
♀ total body length77.0 mmN = 1Foresman 1986
♂ total body length62.0 mmN = 1Foresman 1986

See also Sorex, Sorex alpinoides, Sorex araneus, Sorex arcticus, Sorex bedfordiae, Sorex bendirii, Sorex caecutiens, Sorex cinereus, Sorex coronatus, Sorex cylindricauda, Sorex dehmi, Sorex dehneli, Sorex dispar, Sorex emarginatus, Sorex ex. gr. araneus, Sorex fumeus, Sorex gr. araneus, Sorex gr. araneus/coronatus, Sorex gr. runtonensis-subaraneus, Sorex isodon, Sorex longirostris, Sorex minutissimus, Sorex minutus, Sorex monticolus, Sorex ornatus, Sorex palustris, Sorex polonicus, Sorex praealpinus, Sorex praearaneus, Sorex roboratus, Sorex runtonensis, Sorex savini, Sorex sinalis, Sorex sp., Sorex spp., Sorex trowbridgii, Sorex tundrensis, Sorex unguiculatus, Sorex vagrans, Sorex veraepacis