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A Checklist of the Mammals of British Columbia
by David Nagorsen
Mammal Curator
Royal British Columbia Museum
25 February 1998
Index Page for Mammals of B.C.

(I) = introduced species
* = taxa endemic to British Columbia

ORDER INSECTIVORA: Insectivores

FAMILY SORICIDAE: Shrews
Species Name Subspecies Common Name
Sorex arcticus Kerr arcticus Black-backed Shrew
Sorex bendirii (Merriam) bendirii Pacific Water Shrew
Sorex cinereus Kerr cinereus streatori Common Shrew
Sorex hoyi Baird hoyi Pygmy Shrew
Sorex monticolus Merriam calvertensis*
elassodon
insularis*
isolatus*
longicaudus
obscurus
prevostensis*
setosus
Dusky Shrew
Sorex palustris Richardson brooksi* navigator Water Shrew
Sorex trowbridgii Baird trowbridgii Trowbridge's Shrew
Sorex tundrensis Merriam tundrensis Tundra Shrew
Sorex vagrans Baird vagrans Vagrant Shrew



FAMILY TALPIDAE: Moles
Species Name Subspecies Common Name
Neurotrichus gibbsii (Baird) gibbsii Shrew-mole
Scapanus orarius True schefferi Coast Mole
Scapanus townsendii (Bachman) townsendii Townsend's Mole

 

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