The New Mexico shrew (''Sorex neomexicanus'') is a species of
mammal
Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...
in the family
Soricidae. It is found only in
New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...
in the
Capitan and
Sandia-Manzano Mountains.
Its total length is . Its tail length is . It weighs .
[Kays, Roland, Roland W. Kays, and Don E. Wilson. ''Mammals of North America.'' Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009. Print.] It was included in
''Sorex monticolus'' until 1996.
[Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder. ''Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1.'' Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. Print.] It is distinguished from ''Sorex monticolus'' by its teeth. The row of unicuspid teeth is longer in ''Sorex neomexicanus'' than in ''Sorex monticolus'', and ''Sorex neomexicanus'' has a wider space between its first upper unicuspid and second upper unicuspid (going from front to back) than ''Sorex monticolus'' does.
References
Sorex
Mammals described in 1913
Endemic fauna of New Mexico
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