Scientific Name
Sorex palustris
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Sorex palustris Richardson, 1828
Park
Blue Ridge Parkway (BLRI)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
Water Shrew
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom | Animalia |
Subkingdom | Bilateria |
Infrakingdom | Deuterostomia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Subphylum | Vertebrata |
Infraphylum | Gnathostomata |
Superclass | Tetrapoda |
Class | Mammalia |
Subclass | Theria |
Infraclass | Eutheria |
Order | Eulipotyphla |
Family | Soricidae |
Subfamily | Soricinae |
Tribe | Soricini |
Genus | Sorex |
Species | Sorex palustris |
Occurrence
Present
Occurrence Notes
Data Source: Britzke, E. 2007. Mammal Inventory of Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina and Virginia. Final report submitted to the NPS, Appalachian Highlands I&M Network, 34pp.; Knowles, T, M. Steele, and P. Weigl. 1989. Survey of rare and endangered vertebrates of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina, Report to NPS, Wake Forest University, 175pp.; Catlin, D. 1984. A Naturalist's Blue Ridge Parkway, University of TN Press, Knoxville, 208pp
Nativeness
Native
Nativeness Notes
Data Source: Britzke, E. 2007. Mammal Inventory of Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina and Virginia. Final report submitted to the NPS, Appalachian Highlands I&M Network, 34pp.; Knowles, T, M. Steele, and P. Weigl. 1989. Survey of rare and endangered vertebrates of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina, Report to NPS, Wake Forest University, 175pp.; Catlin, D. 1984. A Naturalist's Blue Ridge Parkway, University of TN Press, Knoxville, 208pp; Webster, W., J. Parnell, and W. Biggs, Jr., 1985. Mammals of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Maryland, University of NC Press, Chapel Hill, 255pp; Wilson, D. and S. Ruff. 1999. North American Mammals, Smithsonian Institution Press, 750pp;
Abundance
Occasional
Abundance Notes
Data Source: Britzke, E. 2007. Mammal Inventory of Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina and Virginia. Final report submitted to the NPS, Appalachian Highlands I&M Network, 34pp.; Knowles, T, M. Steele, and P. Weigl. 1989. Survey of rare and endangered vertebrates of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina, Report to NPS, Wake Forest University, 175pp.; Catlin, D. 1984. A Naturalist's Blue Ridge Parkway, University of TN Press, Knoxville, 208pp; Wilson, D. and S. Ruff. 1999. North American Mammals, Smithsonian Institution Press, 750pp; Webster, W., J. Parnell, and W. Biggs, Jr., 1985. Mammals of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Maryland, University of NC Press, Chapel Hill, 255pp;
Management Tags
-
Management Priority
NC=Special Concern, S2 (S. palustris punctulatus); VA=Endangered, S1S2 (S. palustris punctulatus); G5T3
Seasonality Tags
-
Breeder
Data Source: Britzke, E. 2007. Mammal Inventory of Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina and Virginia. Final report submitted to the NPS, Appalachian Highlands I&M Network, 34pp.; Knowles, T, M. Steele, and P. Weigl. 1989. Survey of rare and endangered vertebrates of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina, Report to NPS, Wake Forest University, 175pp.; Catlin, D. 1984. A Naturalist's Blue Ridge Parkway, University of TN Press, Knoxville, 208pp
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
8
References
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
sjd-MACA
Created Date
10/25/2000 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
ERaskin@nps.gov
Last Modified Date
8/22/2018 6:36:08 AM
Notes
Park Species Data Source: Teague 2000
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