Pygmy Shrew, Sorex hoyi (Insectivora: Soricidae), in North Carolina
Webster WD and Spivey PB. 2001. Pygmy Shrew, Sorex hoyi (Insectivora: Soricidae), in North Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 117(1):29-35
ABSTRACT: Prior to widespread use of pitfall trapping, the pygmy shrew (Sorex hoyi winnemana Preble) was thought to be rare in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Extensive pitfall trapping in North Carolina has provided significant new information about this species in the southeasternmost part of its range. The pygmy shrew inhabits both the western mountain and Great Dismal Swamp regions in North Carolina, a larger geographic distribution than four of the six species of Sorex occurring in the state. The pygmy shrew also occupies a wider range of habitats in North Carolina than previously suspected. Specimens have been taken in pine-hardwood hammocks in coastal swamp interiors and early stages of old-field succession in cutover coastal swamps as well as xeric oak and pine-rhododendron forests, cove hardwood forests, and mesic northern hardwood forests in the southern Appalachian Mountains.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Webster, William; Spivey, Phil
- Units
- BLRI , GRSM
- Keywords
- APHN, Appalachian Highlands Network, Balsam Gap, BLRI, Blue Ridge Parkway, Glassmine Falls, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, Insectivora, Mammalia, Newfound Gap, pitfall traps, SER, Sorex hoyi, Soricidae, Southeast Region