Species

Sorex vagrans (Vagrant shrew)

Sorex vagrans. Photo: (c) Patricia Teague, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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The vagrant shrew (Sorex vagrans), also known as the wandering shrew, is a medium-sized North American shrew. At one time, the montane shrew and the Orizaba long-tailed shrew were considered to belong to the same species.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
        Subclass: Theria (Therians)
        Infraclass: Placentalia (Placental mammals)
        Superorder: Laurasiatheria (Ungulates, carnivorans, and allies)
        Order: Eulipotyphla (Shrews, moles, hedgehogs, and allies)
        Family: Soricidae (Shrews)
        Subfamily: Soricinae (Red-toothed shrews)
        Tribe: Soricini (Long-tailed shrews)
        Genus: Sorex (Long-tailed shrews)
        Subgenus: Otisorex
        Species: Sorex vagrans (Vagrant shrew)

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