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ANIMAL INFORMATION: Please note, this part of mongabay has been updated |
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Desert ShrewEducational resources on Desert ShrewDesert Shrew or Notiosorex crawfordi is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Desert Shrew Desert Shrew (Notisorex crawfordi) Desert Shrew Order Insectivora: Family Soricidae : Notiosorex crawfordi (Coues) Description. A small shrew with conspicuous ears and long tail (more than www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/noticraw.htm NDIS Desert Shrew Wildlife Page Habitat: The desert shrew occupies various habitats in arid and semiarid regions of southwestern North America. Most often it occurs in semidesert shrublands but it has also been ndis.nrel.colostate.edu/wildlifespx.asp?SpCode=051015 Order Insectivora Some species, notably the desert shrew, are adapted to the arid regions of our western deserts. At the opposite extreme are the water shrew and the marsh www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/ordinsec.htm ADW: Notiosorex crawfordi: Information The dental formula of the desert shrew is I 3/2, C 1/0, Pm 1/1, M 3/3. This is the only shrew in North America with 3 cheek teeth that have only one cusp on each tooth. animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Notiosorex_crawfordi.html Desert Diary, 26 Apr 2001 Desert Shrew (Notiosorex crawfordi); specimen from the collections of the Laboratory for Environmental Biology. References. Armstrong, D. M. Desert Shrew / Notiosorex crawfordi. Pp museum.utep.edu/archive/mammals/DDshrew.htm Semi-Desert Shrublands: Fauna: Desert Shrew (Notiosorex crawfordi) Desert Shrew - Notiosorex crawfordi Links to Web Resources. Desert Shrew - Biota Information System of New Mexico (BISON-M) arsc.arid.arizona.edu/watershed/species4.asp?veg=semidesert&crit=fauna&genus=Notiosorex&... Notiosorex crawfordi Notiosorex crawfordi (Desert Shrew) Written by Rachel Spruance (Mammalogy Lab--Fall 2003) Edited by Karah Gallagher and Jennifer Bailey www.wtamu.edu/~rmatlack/Mammalogy/Species_accounts_2003/Notiosorex_crawfordi_account.htm New Mexico Mammals field guide Desert Shrew. Red Squirrel. Swift Fox. Western red bat. Ord’s Kangaroo Rat. Abert squirrel. American Badger. Mexican Woodrat. Gray Fox. Piñon Deer mouse infohost.nmt.edu/~klathrop/FGmammals.htm ADW: Soricidae: Classification ... desert shrew) animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Soricidae.html CA Distribution Map - Desert Shrew (Notiosorex crawfordi) California Gap Analysis Project's Predicted Distribution Map Desert Shrew (Notiosorex crawfordi) depts.washington.edu/natmap/maps/CA_maphtml/m014.html
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