Sorex cinereus (small mammal)

Mass: 4.1 g based on Smith and Foster 1957, Moore 1949, Brannon 2000, Chappell 1980, and Lindsay 1960

Abundance: 0.01 to 42.80% (median 2.11%)

Latitudinal range: 30.3° to 68.6°

Habitats: (12), boreal forest/taiga (4), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (9), temperate coniferous forest (2), temperate wetland (1), tundra (1)

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Found in 29 samples

Canada: Delta Waterfowl Research Station, Gogama, Churchill (1952), Kinmount, Bald Range (old growth), Prince Edward Island National Park, Caverne de la Mine (upper infill) (Holocene), LaBiche River Valley

United States: Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Gingercake Creek, De Long Mountains (riparian grass-willow), North of Madison, Toolik Lake, Upper Susitna River Basin, Glenn Dale, Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge, MacIntyre Development (forest habitats), Grand Marais, Bat Cave (Late Pleistocene), King Leo Pit Cave (Late Pleistocene), Jones (Late Pleistocene), Prairie Creek (Zone D) (Late Pleistocene), Robinson Cave (Late Pleistocene), Bootlegger Sink (Pleistocene - Holocene), Prairie Creek (Zone C) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Schulze Cave (layer C1) (Late Pleistocene), Schulze Cave (layer C2) (Late Pleistocene), New Paris Sinkhole No. 4 (Late Pleistocene), Natural Chimneys (Late Pleistocene)

Size measurements:
body mass3.6 gN = 6Smith and Foster 1957
♀ body mass4.7 gN = 7Moore 1949
♂ body mass3.9 gN = 6Moore 1949
body mass4.32 gN = 41Brannon 2000
body mass3.7 gN = 1Chappell 1980
body mass3.4 gN = 9Lindsay 1960
♀ condylobasal length16.1 mmN = 1Schlitter and Bowles 1967
♀ head and body length55.5 mmN = 8Moore 1949
♂ head and body length56 mmN = 6Moore 1949
hind foot length12 mmN = 6Smith and Foster 1957
♀ hind foot length11.6 mmN = 8Moore 1949
♀ hind foot length11 mmN = 1Schlitter and Bowles 1967
♂ hind foot length11.3 mmN = 6Moore 1949
hind foot length12.5 mmN = 1Green 1928
hind foot length12 mmN = 5Quay 1955
♀ skull width7.4 mmN = 1Schlitter and Bowles 1967
tail length38 mmN = 6Smith and Foster 1957
♀ tail length38 mmN = 8Moore 1949
♀ tail length38 mmN = 1Schlitter and Bowles 1967
♂ tail length37 mmN = 6Moore 1949
tail length44 mmN = 1Green 1928
tail length38 mmN = 5Quay 1955
total body length93 mmN = 6Smith and Foster 1957
♀ total body length98 mmN = 1Schlitter and Bowles 1967
total body length99 mmN = 1Green 1928
total body length96 mmN = 5Quay 1955
♀ upper tooth row length5.9 mmN = 1Schlitter and Bowles 1967

See also Sorex, Sorex alpinoides, Sorex araneus, Sorex arcticus, Sorex bedfordiae, Sorex bendirii, Sorex caecutiens, 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 hoyi, 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