Notiosorex cockrumi

Cockrum's gray shrew
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Notiosorex
Species: N. cockrumi
Binomial name
Notiosorex cockrumi
Baker, O'Neill & McAliley, 2003
Cockrum's gray shrew range

Notiosorex cockrumi, also called Cockrum's gray shrew or Cockrum's desert shrew, is a tiny species of shrew named in 2003. This red-toothed shrew, which is as light as a penny, is the first new mammal species from Arizona since 1977. Its range extends from Arizona to central Sonora, Mexico.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 R. Timm; J. Matson; N. Woodman; P. C. de Grammont & I. Castro-Arellano (2008). "Notiosorex cockrumi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved February 3, 2010.


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