Mammal Collection (Vouchers [Standard Sampling]) (NEON:MAMC-VSS)
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NEON092XSSESAR Record
MLBS.20230919.O008C920230919.V
D00000116734
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Sorex fumeus G. S. M. Miller, 1895
Soricidae
Laura D. Steger (2024-01-04)
Condylobasal length: 17.9 mm; U2 larger than U1; U3 larger than U4; posterior border of infrorbital foramen ahead of space between the M1 and M2; only the lower left side of the lower jaw contains a tiny postmandibular canal; small tines present near upper limit of pigment on upper incisors; upper incisors are curved.
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Rachel Edge (ORCID 0009-0002-0358-0322)
2023-09-19
United States, Virginia, Giles, Appalachians & Cumberland Plateau (D07), Mountain Lake Biological Station NEON (MLBS), Plot MLBS_008 (plot dimensions: 90m x 90m) [Location ID: MLBS_008.mammalGrid.mam]
37.427518 -80.500559 +-64m. WGS84
17N 544188.41063E 4142417.098N
913-932 meters (2995-3057ft)
deciduousForest; slope aspect: 338.07; slope gradient: 9.48; soil type order: Ultisols
Small mammal voucher collected incidentally as part of the NEON small mammal box trapping protocol.
totalLength: 101 mm, tailLength: 46 mm, hindfootLengthSU: 11.5 mm, hindfootLengthCU: 12.5 mm, earLength: 8 mm, weight: 5.9 g, embryoCount: 0L/0R, crownRumpLength: NAp, placentalScars: 1L/0R, testisLength: NAp, testisWidth: NAp, preparedBy: Laura D. Steger, preparedDate: 2023-12-04
Not pregnant, Mammae nonenlarged, Vagina status unknown
adult
Female
ShermanLF
skin | skull | skeleton | tissues
14e76f13-7e42-479c-8d7f-abecc732995f
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Laura Steger, Collection Manager (lsteger@asu.edu)