White-belted coloration in a Masked Shrew, Sorex cinereus, from Massachusetts

A Masked Shrew (Sorex cinereus) with white-belted coloration pattern was captured in a mixed deciduous-coniferous forest in central Massachusetts. Only one other published record of this pelage condition in S. cinereus was found in an intensive search of the literature and no similarily colored spec...

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Veröffentlicht in:Canadian field-naturalist 1994-01, Vol.108 (4), p.491-492
Hauptverfasser: Brooks, Robert T., Doyle, Katherine L.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A Masked Shrew (Sorex cinereus) with white-belted coloration pattern was captured in a mixed deciduous-coniferous forest in central Massachusetts. Only one other published record of this pelage condition in S. cinereus was found in an intensive search of the literature and no similarily colored specimens were found in collections of several national or regional museums.
ISSN:0008-3550
DOI:10.5962/p.356838