Soricidae
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Family: Soricidae
Scientific Name | Common Name | Summary |
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Sorex alaskanus | Glacier Bay Water Shrew | Known from only three collections in the vicinity of Gustavus and Glacier Bay. May be a subspecies of American Water Shrew (Sorex palustris). |
Sorex cinereus | Masked Shrew | Found throughout the region except the southern outer islands and a few inner islands that are not especially close to the mainland. |
Sorex monticolus | Dusky Shrew | Throughout the region except for the northern outer islands. |
Sorex palustris | American Water Shrew | Most of the few collections are from the mainland between Hyder and Haines. An additional collection has been made on Wrangell Island, and there are reports from a couple of other inner islands. |