Speciation of the Wandering ShrewFindley, James S. (James Smith)
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Speciation of the Wandering Shrew
Findley, James S. (James Smith)
Shrews
_Diagnosis._--Size medium for the species; average and extreme
external measurements of 6 specimens from the type locality are: total
length, 126.3 (124-130); tail, 55.0 (52-57); hind foot, 15.0 (14-15).
Color Fuscous to Sepia in summer, darker in winter, underparts buffy.
_Comparisons._--For comparisons with _yaquinae_ see account of that
subspecies. More reddish and larger than _permiliensis_ with which
_bairdi_ intergrades to the east; specimens from Portland show
evidence of such intergradation. Some specimens from southern
Tillamook County show an approach to _yaquinae_.
_Remarks._--_S. v. bairdi_ lives primarily in forests as do _yaquinae_
and _pacificus_.
_Specimens examined._--Total number, 39. OREGON: _Clatsop Co._: type
locality, 12 BS; Seaside, 3 BS. _Tillamook Co._: Netarts, 1 OU;
Tillamook, 2 OSC; Blaine, 1 AW; Hebo Lake, 1 SGJ; 5 mi. SW Cloverdale,
1 AW. _Multnomah Co._: Portland, 6 USNM. _Lincoln Co._: Otis, 7 USNM;
Delake, 1 KU. _Lane Co._: north slope Three Sisters, 6000 ft., 4 BS.
_Marginal Records._--OREGON: type locality; Portland; north slope Three
Sisters; Taft (Macnab and Dirks, 1941:178).
=Sorex vagrans permiliensis= Jackson
_Sorex obscurus permiliensis_ Jackson, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 31:128, November 29, 1918.
_Type._--Adult male, skin and skull; No. 91048, U. S. Biol. Surv.
Coll.; obtained on October 2, 1897, by J. A. Loring from Permilia
Lake, W base Mt. Jefferson, Cascade Range, Marion Co., Oregon.
_Range._--The Cascade Mountains of Oregon from Mt. Jefferson north to
the Columbia River.
_Diagnosis._--Size medium for the species; average and extreme
measurements of 14 specimens from the type locality are: total length,
117.7 (110-124); tail, 51.9 (45-58); hind foot, 14.0 (14-15). Pale
reddish in summer, darker and brownish in winter.
_Comparisons._--For comparison with _S. v. bairdi_ see account of that
subspecies. Larger than _S. v. setosus_ except tail relatively
shorter. More reddish in summer pelage than _setosus_.
_Remarks._--_S. v. bairdi_ is larger in the southern part of its range
than elsewhere. Specimens from McKenzie Bridge, herein referred to
_yaquinae_, are intermediate in character between _yaquinae_ and
_bairdi_ or between _yaquinae_ and _permiliensis_. The transition
between _yaquinae_ and _bairdi_ is much more gradual than between
_yaquinae_ and _permiliensis_.
_Specimens examined._--Total number, 21. OREGON: _Hood River Co._: Mt.
Hood, 2 BS. _Wasco Co._: Camas Prairie, E base Cascade Mts., SE Mt.
Hood, 1 BS. _Marion Co._: Detroit, 1 BS; type locality, 17 BS.
_Marginal Records._--OREGON: Mt. Hood; type locality; Detroit.
=Sorex vagrans setosus= Elliott
_Sorex setosus_ Elliott, Field Columb. Mus. Publ. 32, zool.
ser. 1:274, May 19, 1899.
_Sorex obscurus setosus_, Jackson, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 31:127, November 29, 1918.
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