Ornate Shrew | |
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Sorex ornatus relictus | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Soricomorpha |
Family: | Soricidae |
Genus: | Sorex |
Species: | S. ornatus |
Binomial name | |
Sorex ornatus Merriam, 1895 |
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Ornate Shrew range |
The Ornate Shrew, Sorex ornatus, is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Baja California in Mexico and California in the United States.[1] The Tule Shrew is a likely extinct subspecies; it is only known by four specimens collected in 1905. Other subspecies include the "Suisun Ornate Shrew", Sorex ornatus sinuosus.