Pacific Shrew

• Body symmetry

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
  • Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry

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  bilaterally symmetric

  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
  • Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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• biogeographic realm

  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GAZ_00000071
  • Definition: The largest scale biogeographic division of the earth's surface based on the historic and evolutionary distribution patterns of plants and animals.

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  The Nearctic

  • URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q737742
  • Definition: one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface
  • Attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Nearctic.svg

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• diet breadth

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DietBreadth
  • Definition: Number of dietary categories eaten by an organism.

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  3
• geographic distribution includes

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
  • Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.

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  United States

  • URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001

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• geographic range (size of area)

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/GeographicRangeArea
  • Definition: The total extent of the geographic range of an organism.

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  58327.78 km^2
• locomotion

  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0040011
  • Definition: Self-propelled movement of a cell or organism from one location to another.
  • Attribution: [database_cross_reference: GOC:dgh]

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  quadrupedal movement

  • URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21907045
  • Definition: terrestrial locomotion in animals using four limbs

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• mating system

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/MatingSystem

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  not monogamous

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/notMonogamous

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• population trend

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
  • Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown

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  Stable
• social system

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SocialSystem
  • Definition: Description of the relationships among individuals within a population of organisms, including reproductive relationships (mating system), relationships within each sex, adult – young interactions, helpers and cooperation (group living).

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  solitary

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/solitary
  • Definition: Solitary animals are those that spend a majority of their lives without others of their species, with possible exceptions for mating and raising their young. Antonyms for a solitary animal include a social animal or a colonial animal.
  • Attribution: https://www.definitions.net/definition/solitary+animal

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• temperature in geographic range

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TemperatureInRange
  • Definition: Monthly temperature within the geographic range of a taxon.
  • Attribution: Kate E. Jones, Jon Bielby, Marcel Cardillo, Susanne A. Fritz, Justin O'Dell, C. David L. Orme, Kamran Safi, Wes Sechrest, Elizabeth H. Boakes, Chris Carbone, Christina Connolly, Michael J. Cutts, Janine K. Foster, Richard Grenyer, Michael Habib, Christopher A. Plaster, Samantha A. Price, Elizabeth A. Rigby, Janna Rist, Amber Teacher, Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds, John L. Gittleman, Georgina M. Mace, and Andy Purvis. 2009. PanTHERIA: a species-level database of life history, ecology, and geography of extant and recently extinct mammals. Ecology 90:2648. http://esapubs.org/archive/ecol/E090/184/

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  8.15 0.1°c
• testis location

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TestisLocation
  • Definition: Anatomical location of testis; eg: internal, descended, scrotal, inguinal.
  • Attribution: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jeb.12373/full

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  inguinal

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/inguinal
  • Definition: Descended but ascrotal testes, a derived condition in mammals.
  • Attribution: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jeb.12373/full

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• trophic guild

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
  • Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)

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  invertivore

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/invertivore
  • Definition: An organism that feed on invertebrate animals (insects, crustaceans, molluscs, worms, etc.)

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Pacific Shrew includes 2 children:

• Sorex pacificus cascadensis Carraway 1990
• Sorex pacificus pacificus Coues 1877
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