Educational resources on Long-Tailed Shrew

Long-Tailed Shrew or Sorex dispar is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Long-Tailed Shrew

Academic web links for the Long-Tailed Shrew.

Long-tailed shrew
The southern Appalachian mountains are the southern limit of the shrew's breeding range, where it is found in high-elevation deciduous and coniferous forest types in the southern
www.basic.ncsu.edu/ncgap/sppreport/amaba01210.html

North American Mammals: Sorex dispar
The Long-tailed Shrew probably uses its long tail for balance when it is climbing among the rocks or boulders that are always present where it lives.
www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=315

TABS Species Account TN10060
River Reach References. Distribution General Comments The long-tailed shrew is found in the Appalachian mountains form central Maine through New Hampshire and Vermont, western
fwie.fw.vt.edu/tn/TN10060d.htm

Long-tailed or Rock Shrew
Long-tailed or Rock Shrew (Sorex dispar Batchelder) From: Saunders, D. A. 1988. Adirondack Mammals. State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry
www.esf.edu/aec/adks/mammals/longtailed_shrew.htm

Illumination of cryptic species boundaries in long-tailed shrew ...
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society , 2004, 83 , 1-22. With 6 figures © 2004 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2004, 83 , 1-22 1
www.uaf.edu/museum/mammal/Link_Olson/research/publications/pdfs/OlsonGoodmanYoder.pdf

ADW: Sorex: Classification
... Sorex dispar (long-tailed shrew)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Sorex.html

ADW: sorex_dispar.jpg
What's in a Scientific Name? Authority Lists: Where We Get Our Names Name, Rank ... Sorex dispar (long-tailed shrew)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/kerry_kilburn/sorex_dispar.jpg/view.html

North American Mammals: Sorex gaspensis
As with the long-tailed shrew, the Gaspé Shrew's tail is almost as long as its head and body. Also known as: Musaraigne de Gaspé. Sexual Dimorphism:
www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=313

North American Mammals: Search Results
Sorex dispar (Long-tailed Shrew) Sorex fumeus (Smoky Shrew) Sorex gaspensis (Gaspé Shrew) Sorex haydeni (Prairie Shrew)
www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_menu.cfm?order=6

TABS Species Account TN10063
Physical description: This is a small long-tailed shrew, with a brown dorsum, slightly paler underparts, inidistinctly bicolored tail, and buffy hands and feet.
fwie.fw.vt.edu/tn/TN10063h.htm