Abstract
We provide an update on the species and distribution of shrews occurring in Arkansas. Shrews were collected within Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Wildlife Management Areas and along the Buffalo National River. We also searched mammal collections at several institutional museums to provide additional locality records for Cryptotis parva. Specimens of Blarina were identified to species by DNA sequencing of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Previously, Blarina hylophaga was believed to occur in the northwest corner of Arkansas and B. carolinensis throughout the rest of the state. However, our genetic analysis revealed that it is B. brevicauda that occupies the northwestern portion of the state. We also document several new county records for B. carolinensis and C. parva in Arkansas.
Recommended Citation
Pfau, R. S.; Sasse, D. Blake; Connior, M. B.; and Guenther, I. F.
(2011)
"Occurrence of Blarina brevicauda in Arkansas and Notes on the Distribution of Blarina carolinensis and Cryptotis parva,"
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science: Vol. 65, Article 12.
https://doi.org/10.54119/jaas.2011.6507
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol65/iss1/12
