Speciation of the Wandering Shrew

by James S. Findley

Catalog number or number of individuals averaged	Condylobasal length	Palatal length	Maxillary tooth-row	Cranial breadth	Least interorbital breadth	Maxillary breadth
	Sorex vagrans pacificus, Orick, California.
8 av	21.8	9.6	8.6	10.4	4.1	6.6
Max	22.8	10.2	9.0	11.1	4.3	6.8
Min	21.3	9.3	8.4	10.2	4.1	6.4
	Sorex vagrans yaquinae, Newport, Oregon.
707 AW	20.1	8.9	7.6	9.3	3.7	5.7
706 AW	19.3	8.8	7.3	9.3	4.0	5.8
	Mapleton, Oregon.
205273 USBS	20.6	9.0	8.2	9.9	4.2	6.0
205270 USBS	20.4	8.9	7.9	9.3	3.7	6.0
205272 USBS		9.2	8.3		4.0	6.1
	Vida, Oregon.
4 av	19.5	8.4	7.5	9.2	3.6	5.5
Max	20.3	8.8	7.9	9.5	3.7	5.7
Min	19.3	8.2	7.3	8.9	3.5	5.3
	McKenzie Bridge, Oregon.
6 av	18.9	8.2	7.1	9.1(5)	3.7	5.6
Max	19.5	8.6	7.6	9.4	3.8	5.7
Min	18.7	8.0	6.8	8.4	3.6	5.4
	Sorex vagrans bairdi, Astoria, Oregon.
6 av	18.5	7.8	7.0	8.9(4)	3.4	5.3
Max	19.2	8.1	7.4	9.0	3.5	5.5
Min	18.0	7.6	6.9	8.9	3.2	5.2
	Sorex vagrans permiliensis, Mt. Jefferson, Oregon.
14 av	18.0	7.5	6.8	9.0	3.5	5.2
Max	18.9	7.9	7.2	9.4	3.7	5.3
Min	17.2	7.2	6.5	8.6	3.3	4.8
	Sorex vagrans setosus, Olympic Mts., Washington.
12 av	17.2(9)	7.1	6.5	8.5(8)	3.3	5.0
Max	17.9	7.4	6.8	8.7	3.4	5.3
Min	16.7	6.9	6.2	8.3	3.0	4.8
	Mt. Rainier, Washington.
16 av	17.2	7.1	6.5	8.4(14)	3.3	5.0
Max	17.6	7.3	6.7	8.7	3.5	5.2
Min	16.4	6.5	6.1	8.1	3.2	4.7
	Sorex vagrans longicauda, head Rivers Inlet, B.C.
15 av	18.0	7.4	6.7	8.7	3.2	5.0
Max	18.4	7.6	6.9	8.9	3.3	5.2
Min	17.6	7.2	6.4	8.4	3.1	4.8
	Port Simpson, British Columbia.
10 av	18.1(9)	7.6	7.0	8.9	3.4	5.1
Max	18.8	7.8	7.2	9.2	3.6	5.4
Min	17.2	7.2	6.6	8.5	3.3	4.9
	Fort Wrangell, Alaska.
18 av	18.5	7.8(15)	7.1	9.0(15)	3.3	5.1
Max	18.9	8.0	7.3	9.2	3.5	5.3
Min	17.8	7.5	6.7	8.6	3.2	5.0
	Sorex vagrans elassodon, Woewodsky Is., Alaska.
20550 AMNH	18.0	7.5	6.7	8.7	3.3	5.0
20553 AMNH	17.5	7.1	6.3	8.3	3.2	4.7
	Sorex vagrans alascensis, 9 mi. W and 4 mi. N Haines, Alaska.
10 av	17.2	7.2	6.7	8.5	3.1	4.9
Max	17.6	7.4	6.9	8.8	3.3	5.0
Min	16.9	6.9	6.5	8.2	3.0	4.7
	Yakutat Bay, Alaska.
73543 USBS	18.0	7.5	6.8	...	3.2	5.0
73536 USBS	18.0	7.6	6.8	8.8	3.4	5.3
73541 USBS	17.9	7.4	6.7	8.8	3.1	5.2
	Sorex vagrans shumaginensis, Sandpoint, Popof Is., Alaska.
9 av	17.2(5)	7.0	6.3	8.3(7)	3.1	4.8
Max	17.6	7.2	6.6	8.5	3.2	5.1
Min	16.8	6.8	6.1	8.0	3.0	4.7
	Sorex vagrans obscurus, Barkerville, British Columbia.
5 av	17.1	7.1	6.5	8.5(4)	3.3	4.8
Max	17.3	7.3	6.6	8.6	3.3	5.0
Min	16.6	6.7	6.4	8.2	3.2	4.6
	10 mi. SSW Leadore, Idaho.
7 av	17.2(4)	7.3(9)	6.6	8.6(4)	3.3	5.0
Max	17.3	7.5	6.8	8.9	3.4	5.1
Min	17.0	7.1	6.4	8.3	3.2	4.7
	Albany Co., Wyoming (several localities).
20 av	17.3	7.3	6.8	8.7(19)	3.2	5.2
Max	17.9	7.6	6.9	9.0	3.4	5.5
Min	16.7	6.9	6.5	8.4	3.1	5.0
	Sorex vagrans longiquus, 25 mi. ESE Big Sandy, Montana.
87332 UM	16.4	6.8	6.2	8.2	3.0	4.8
87334 UM	16.8	7.1	6.3	8.1	3.2	4.7
87335 UM	15.8	6.7	6.0	8.4	3.1	4.9
	Highwood Mts., Montana.
10 av	16.3(9)	6.7	6.2	8.0(9)	3.1	4.7
Max	16.9	6.9	6.4	8.3	3.3	5.0
Min	15.6	6.5	6.0	7.8	3.0	4.5
	Sorex vagrans neomexicanus, Cloudcroft, New Mexico.
4 av	17.6(3)	7.6	7.0	8.7	3.3	5.2
Max	17.7	7.7	7.1	8.8	3.4	5.4
Min	17.4	7.4	7.0	8.5	3.2	5.1
	Sorex vagrans monticola, White Mts., Arizona.
12 av	16.1(9)	6.6	5.9(9)	8.2	3.1(11)	4.7
Max	16.6	7.0	6.1	8.5	3.3	4.9
Min	15.5	6.5	5.6	8.1	3.0	4.6
	Sorex vagrans orizabae, Volcan Toluca, Mexico.
55900 USBS	17.1	6.9	6.2	7.8	2.9	4.5
55898 USBS	17.1	6.8	6.1	8.0	3.0	4.8
55897 USBS	16.8	6.9	6.1	7.9	2.9	4.6
	Sorex vagrans vagrans, Lincoln Co., Wyoming.
7 av	16.5(6)	6.6	6.1	8.2	2.9	4.7
Max	17.1	7.0	6.4	8.5	3.1	4.9
Min	16.0	6.4	5.9	7.9	2.9	4.5
	Gearhart Mtn., Lake Co., Oregon.
17 av	16.5(15)	6.6	5.9	8.1	2.9	4.6
Max	17.1	7.0	6.6	8.5	3.1	4.9
Min	16.1	6.2	5.7	7.8	2.8	4.4
	Willapa Bay, Washington.
9 av	16.6	6.8	6.2	8.1	2.8	4.7
Max	17.2	7.1	6.4	8.3	3.1	5.0
Min	16.2	6.6	5.9	7.9	2.7	4.6
	Sorex vagrans obscuroides, Bishop Creek, California.
4 av	16.7	7.0	6.3	8.2	3.2	4.8
Max	16.8	7.1	6.4	8.3	3.4	4.9
Min	16.6	6.9	6.2	8.1	3.1	4.7
	Mt. Whitney, California.
4 av	16.7(3)	6.9	6.3	8.4	3.3	4.8
Max	16.7	7.0	6.4	8.5	3.4	5.0
Min	16.7	6.7	6.1	8.4	3.1	4.7
	Sorex vagrans parvidens, San Bernardino Peak, California.
56559 USBS	17.1	7.0	6.1	8.0	2.9	4.8
56558 USBS	16.4	6.8	6.1	8.0	3.0	4.8

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Bailey, V.

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Brown, B.

1908. The Conard Fissure, a Pleistocene bone deposit in northern Arkansas: with descriptions of two new genera and twenty new species of mammals. Mem. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 9:157-208, pls. 14-25, February.