Additional Records and Extensions of Known Ranges of Mammals from Utah — John Shaqi
Additional Records and Extensions of Known Ranges of Mammals from UtahDurrant, Stephen David
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Additional Records and Extensions of Known Ranges of Mammals from Utah
Durrant, Stephen David
Mammals -- Utah
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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Volume 9, No. 2, pp. 69-80
December 10, 1955
Additional Records and Extensions of
Known Ranges of Mammals from Utah
BY
STEPHEN D. DURRANT, M. RAYMOND LEE, AND
RICHARD M. HANSEN
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE
1955
Additional Records and Extensions of
Known Ranges of Mammals From Utah
BY
STEPHEN D. DURRANT, M. RAYMOND LEE,
AND RICHARD M. HANSEN
The Museum of Zoology, University of Utah, contains approximately 5000
specimens in addition to those available to Durrant (1952) when he
prepared his account of the "Mammals of Utah, _Taxonomy and
Distribution_." Study of this material discloses two kinds of mammals
not heretofore known to occur in Utah, and extends the known limits of
occurrence of many others as is set forth below in what may be thought
of as a supplement to the aforementioned report of 1952.
Our study was financed in part by a grant from the National Science
Foundation.
_=Sorex vagrans obscurus=_ Merriam. Dusky Shrew.--Twelve specimens are
available from the Abajo Mountains and Elk Ridge, San Juan County,
Utah, as follows: North Creek, 6 mi. W Monticello, 8300 ft.; 1 mi. S
Twin Peaks, 9500 ft.; Kigalia R. S., 8000 ft.; and Gooseberry R. S.,
8250 ft. Previously, the only known specimens from east of the Colorado
River in Utah were from the La Sal Mountains in extreme eastern Grand
County and extreme northern San Juan County. These twelve specimens
extend the known area of occurrence of the species in Utah
approximately 80 miles to the south, and indicate that this shrew
occurs throughout the state in favorable habitats.
_=Sorex palustris navigator=_ (Baird). Water Shrew.--An individual was
observed by M. Raymond Lee at North Creek, seven miles west of
Monticello, Abajo Mountains, 8000 feet, San Juan County, on July 10,
1954. Usually we are extremely reluctant to record sight records, but
do so in this instance because the water shrew is so distinctive that
it can be readily recognized and because the occurrence extends the
known range approximately 80 miles southward in Utah. This individual
was observed at close range while swimming and foraging in North Creek,
and there can be no doubt of its identity.
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