Mammal Collection (Vouchers [Standard Sampling]) (NEON:MAMC-VSS)
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NEON05JUHSESAR Record
ABBY.20180802.O002A320180802.V
D00000165795
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Sorex obscurus (Merriam, 1895)
Soricidae
Laura D. Steger (2023-07-13)
Hennings, D. (1970). Systematics of the Sorex vagrans-obscurus complex revisited.
Tines on upper incisors are well developed and pigment extends above the level of the tines; third unicuspid is smaller than the fourth unicuspid; medial edge of the upper incisors are not curved as in S. trowbridgii; inner side of lower jaw without postmandibular canal
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Robin Baker
2018-08-02
United States, Washington, Clark, Pacific Northwest (D16), Abby Road NEON (ABBY), Plot ABBY_002 (plot dimensions: 90m x 90m) [Location ID: ABBY_002.mammalGrid.mam]
45.740362 -122.309739 +-64m. WGS84
10N 553697.91778E 5065432.24928N
620-636 meters (2034-2086ft)
grasslandHerbaceous; slope aspect: 340.95; slope gradient: 5.6; soil type order: Inceptisols
Small mammal voucher collected incidentally as part of the NEON small mammal box trapping protocol.
totalLength: 112 mm, tailLength: 48 mm, hindfootLengthSU: 12 mm, hindfootLengthCU: 13.5 mm, earLength: 8 mm, weight: 6.2 g, embryoCount: 0L/0R, crownRumpLength: NAp, placentalScars: 0L/0R, testisLength: NAp, testisWidth: NAp, preparedBy: Laura D. Steger, preparedDate: 2022-11-07
Not pregnant, Mammae enlarged, Vagina status unknown
adult
Female
skin | skull | skeleton | tissues | ectoparasites
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For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Laura Steger, Collection Manager (lsteger@asu.edu)
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