Mammal Collection (Vouchers [Standard Sampling]) (NEON:MAMC-VSS)
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NEON01IT3SESAR Record
WREF.20190904.O001F420190904.V
D00000028660
3c6201ae-fc43-4df5-a7be-8b0986947ce3
Sorex obscurus (Merriam, 1895)
cf. species
Soricidae
Laura D. Steger (2023-10-13)
Carraway, L. N. (1985). Sorex pacificus. Mammalian Species, (231), 1-5.
Condylobasal length: 17.6 mm; inner side of the lower jaw lacks a postmandibular canal; in lateral view, the third unicuspid tooth is distinctly smaller than the fourth and the fifth is distinctly smaller than the third.
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Benjamin Carroll (ORCID 0000-0001-9581-8937)
2019-09-04
9/4/19
United States, Washington, Skamania, Pacific Northwest (D16), Wind River Experimental Forest NEON (WREF), Plot WREF_001 (plot dimensions: 90m x 90m) [Location ID: WREF_001.mammalGrid.mam]
45.845118 -121.998227 +-64m. WGS84
10N 577785.63734E 5077327.17903N
653-669 meters (2142-2194ft)
evergreenForest; slope aspect: 358.56; slope gradient: 5.75
Small mammal voucher collected incidentally as part of the NEON small mammal box trapping protocol.
totalLength: 99 mm, tailLength: 50 mm, hindfootLengthSU: 12.5 mm, hindfootLengthCU: 13.5 mm, earLength: 8.5 mm, weight: 3.9 g, embryoCount: NAp, crownRumpLength: NAp, placentalScars: NAp, testisLength: 1.6 mm, testisWidth: 1.0 mm, preparedBy: Laura D. Steger, preparedDate: 2023-08-16
Testes nonenlarged
adult
Male
skin | skull | skeleton | tissues
Associated with NEON small mammal individual NEON.MAM.D16.O001F420190904
a88ca28e-0895-40e5-9daa-7e3f5cd89f22
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Laura Steger, Collection Manager (lsteger@asu.edu)
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Habitat
evergreen forest