Notiosorex cockrumi
Cockrum's gray shrew | |
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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 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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