Olympic shrew

The Olympic shrew (Sorex rohweri) is a rare species of shrew that lives in only 13 spots in northwest Washington state and, a recent discovery, in Burns Bog, located in Delta, BC.

Olympic shrew
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Sorex
Species:
S. rohweri
Binomial name
Sorex rohweri
Rausch, Feagin, & Rausch, 2007
Olympic shrew range

Not much is known about this species. It was only described in 2007 and is often mistaken for the masked shrew, Sorex cinereus.[2] Recent reexaminations of museum specimens show the species occurs in British Columbia in the Fraser Valley south of the Fraser River, east to Chilliwack Lake.[3]

Survival

Its survival in Canada is threatened by the South Fraser Perimeter Road, part 2 of the Gateway Program

References
  1. Cassola, F. (2017). "Sorex rohweri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T136282A22317740. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T136282A22317740.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Rausch, R. L., J. E. Feagin, and V. R. Rausch. 2007. Sorex rohweri sp. nov. (Mammalia, Soricidae) from northwestern North America. Mammalian Biology, 72 (2):93-105.
  3. Nagorsen, David and N. Panter. 2009. Identification and Status of the Olympic Shrew (Sorex rohweri) in British Columbia. Northwest Naturalist 90:117–129.


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