Sorex vagrans pacificus Coues
Sorex pacificus Coues, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., 3 (3):650, May 15, 1877.
Sorex pacificus pacificus, Jackson, Jour. Mamm., 2:162, August 19, 1921.
Type.—Adult, sex unknown, skin and skull; No. 3266 U. S. Nat. Mus.; date of capture unknown; received from E. P. Vollum and catalogued on March 8, 1858; obtained at Ft. Umpqua, mouth of Umpqua River, Douglas Co., Oregon.
Range.—Coast of California and Oregon from Mendocino north to Gardiner.
Diagnosis.—Size large, largest of the species; average and extreme measurements of 8 specimens from Orick, Humboldt Co., California, are: total length, 143.1 (134-154); tail, 65.5 (59-72); hind foot, 17.5 (16-19). Color reddish in summer, browner or grayer in winter.
Comparisons.—See account of S. v. sonomae for comparison with that subspecies; averaging larger in all dimensions than S. v. yaquinae with which it intergrades to the north; much larger and has more reddish than the sympatric S. v. vagrans.
Remarks.—This subspecies occurs in the Canadian and Transition life-zones below 1500 ft. where there is found moist ground in or adjacent to heavy forests.
Specimens examined.—Total number, 76.
Oregon: Douglas Co.: Umpqua, 1 BS. Coos Co.: Marshfield, 1 BS; Myrtle Point, 1 BS. Josephine Co.: Bolan Lake, 1 SGJ.