Insectivores.2C order Soricomorpha List of mammals of New England

masked shrew


shrews, family soricidae

masked shrew, sorex cinereus

distribution: maine, new hampshire, vermont, massachusetts, connecticut, , rhode island.
subspecies: sorex cinereus cinereus according hall (1981) , whitaker , hamilton (1998).


long-tailed shrew, sorex dispar

distribution: northwestern maine, southeastern new hampshire, northeastern vermont, western massachusetts, , western connecticut.
subspecies: sorex dispar dispar according hall (1981) , whitaker , hamilton (1998).


smoky shrew, sorex fumeus

smoky shrew



distribution: maine, new hampshire, vermont, massachusetts, connecticut, , rhode island.
subspecies: sorex fumeus umbrosus (all southernmost maine, northernmost new hampshire, , northern vermont) , sorex fumeus fumeus (southernmost maine, central , southern new hampshire, southern vermont, massachusetts, connecticut, , rhode island) according hall (1981). whitaker , hamilton (1998) not recognize s. f. umbrosus valid subspecies , consider new england sorex fumeus s. f. fumeus. hutterer (2005), however, recognizes s. f. umbrosus valid subspecies.


pygmy shrew, sorex hoyi

distribution: southern tip of maine, central , northern new hampshire, , southeastern vermont, extreme western massachusetts.
subspecies: sorex hoyi thompsoni according hall (1981) , whitaker , hamilton (1998).


american water shrew, sorex palustris

american water shrew.



distribution: maine, new hampshire, vermont, massachusetts, connecticut, , rhode island.
subspecies: sorex palustris gloveralleni (easternmost maine) , sorex palustris albibarbis (all easternmost maine, new hampshire, vermont, massachusetts, connecticut, rhode island) according hall (1981). whitaker , hamilton (1998) argue both s. p. gloveralleni , s. p. albibarbis not valid subspecies , new england forms belong subspecies sorex palustris palustris. hutterer (2005), however, treats s. p. gloveralleni , s. p. albibarbis valid subspecies.


northern short-tailed shrew, blarina brevicauda

northern short-tailed shrew



distribution: maine, new hampshire, vermont, massachusetts, connecticut, , rhode island.
subspecies: blarina brevicauda angusta (northern maine), blarina brevicauda pallida (north-central maine), blarina brevicauda hooperi (northern green mountains, vermont), blarina brevicauda talpoides (southern , central maine, new hampshire, of vermont, massachusetts, connecticut, , rhode island), blarina brevicauda compacta (nantucket island), , blarina brevicauda aloga (martha s vineyard) according hall (1981). whitaker , hamilton (1998) argue b. b. angusta, b. b. pallida, b. b. hooperi, , b. b. talpoides not valid subspecies , should synonymized blarina brevicauda brevicauda. hutterer (2005), however, recognizes of these valid subspecies.


north american least shrew, cryptotis parva

distribution: southern connecticut.



moles, family talpidae

hairy-tailed mole, parascalops breweri

distribution: maine, new hampshire, vermont, massachusetts, northern , western connecticut, , rhode island.


eastern mole, scalopus aquaticus

distribution: central , southern massachusetts, connecticut, , rhode island.
subspecies: scalopus aquaticus aquaticus according hall (1981) , whitaker , hamilton (1998).


star-nosed mole, condylura cristata

star-nosed mole



distribution: maine, new hampshire, vermont, massachusetts, connecticut, , rhode island.
subspecies: condylura cristata cristata according hall (1981) , whitaker , hamilton (1998).