10. _Sorex cinereus_ occurs with the medium-sized and large-sized _S. vagrans_ in the Rocky Mountains and in Canada, but does not occur with the smaller subspecies of _S. vagrans_, probably because competition between two shrews of like size excludes _S. cinereus_.
TABLE 1--CRANIAL MEASUREMENTS OF SOREX VAGRANS
========================================================================== Catalog | | | | | | number or | | | | | Least | number of |Condylobasal|Palatal|Maxillary|Cranial|interorbital|Maxillary individuals| length |length |tooth-row|breadth| breadth | breadth averaged | | | | | | ------------+------------+-------+---------+-------+------------+--------- | _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.