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Hayden's Shrew - Sorex haydeni

  • Hayden`s Shrew
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Potential Species of Concern

Global Rank: G4
State Rank: S3S4

Agency Status
USFWS: none
USFS: none
BLM: none
CFWCS Tier: 2
 

General Description
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Diagnostic Characteristics
See carraway (1995) for a key to western north american soricids based primarily on dentaries.

General Distribution
Montana Range



Western Hemisphere Range

 


Summary of Observations Submitted for Montana
Number of Observations: 50

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Recency

 

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Migration
NON-MIGRATORY

Habitat
MORE PARTIAL TO GRASSY HABITATS THAN IS S. cinereus - WHICH PREFERS FOREST AND WOODLAND. PARTIAL TO MOIST HABITATS. YOUNG PROBABLY BORN IN SPHERICAL NESTS 4-5 IN. DIAM. CONSTRUCTED OF GRASS.

Food Habits
INVERTEBRATES & SMALL VERTEBRATES. SOME VEGETABLE MATTER. SEEDS MAY FORM THE BULK OF THE WINTER DIET.

Ecology
MAY CONSTRUCT SHORT TUNNELS & RUNWAYS. SIGHT & SMELL APPARENTLY WELL DEVELOPED BUT MAY ALSO USE ECHO LOCATION.

Reproductive Characteristics
PROBABLY SIMILAR TO S. cinereus. INDIV. SHREWS USUALLY DO NOT LIVE BEYOND 14 MO. & USUALLY PRODUCE 2, RARELY 3 LITTERS IN A LIFETIME. YOUNG WEANED AT ABOUT 20 DAYS.

Citations & Sources
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Citation for data on this website:
Hayden's Shrew — Sorex haydeni.  Montana Field Guide.  Retrieved on February 9, 2010, from http://FieldGuide.mt.gov/detail_AMABA01280.aspx
 
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