Microsorex hoyi Baird 1858 (American pygmy shrew)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Soricidae

Alternative combination: Sorex hoyi

Synonym: Sorex thompsoni Baird 1858

Belongs to Microsorex according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Dalquest and Schultz 1992, Hall 1981, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Repenning 1967, Seymour 2004 and Wilson and Reeder 1993

Sister taxa: none

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (16: Colorado, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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