GAP Analysis Predicted Distribution Map

Pygmy Shrew (Sorex hoyi)

Species Code: SOHO

Legend: = Core Habitat = Marginal Habitat Breeding Range Map The green area shows the predicted habitats for breeding only. The habitats were identified using 1991 satellite imagery, other datasets and experts throughout the state, as part of the Washington Gap Analysis Project. Click to enlarge distribution map Map with historical museum records Other maps & Information: NatureMapping observations throughout the year

The Pygmy Shrew occurs in Washington only in the northeastern corner of the state. Throughout its range, this shrew occurs in a wide variety of habitats including hardwood and coniferous forests, marshes, bogs, swamps, meadows, clear cuts, brush, sand dunes, savannas, and parkland.

Core zones, only in the Northeast Corner Region, include Interior Douglas-fir, Grand Fir, Interior Redcedar, Interior Western Hemlock, and Subalpine Fir. Peripherally in Ponderosa Pine.

Open and closed conifer forests were good habitats in all zones except the Ponderosa Pine zone, where open conifer forest was excluded.

Translated from the Washington Gap Analysis Mammal Volume by Dave Lester
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