Bibliography and Print Resources

A masked shrew, Sorex cinereus

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Burt, W. H., and R. P. Grossenheider. 1976. A field guide to the mammals. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. 289 pp.

Chambers, K. A. 1979. A country-lover’s guide to wildlife. The Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, Baltimore, Maryland 228 pp.

Churchfield, S.1990. Thenatural historyof shrews. Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, NewYork.178pp.

Fowle, C. D., and R. Y. Edwards. 1955. An unusual abundance of short-tailed shrews, Blarina brevicauda.J. Mammal. 36:36-41.

Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Vol. 1.John Wileyand Sons, New York. 690 pp.

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Schmidt, R. H. 1984. Shrew damage and control: a review. Proc. Eastern Wildl. Damage Control Conf. 1:143-146.

Schwartz, C. W., and E. R. Schwartz. 1981. The wild mammals of Missouri, rev. ed. Univ. Missouri Press, Columbia. 356 pp.

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Images and Illustrations

Figure 1 is reproduced with permission from Schwartz and Schwartz (1981).

Figure 2 was drawn by Jill Sack Johnson.

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Acknowledgments

I appreciate the assistance and comments of C. L. Shugart, S. E. Hygnstrom, and four anonymous reviewers while developing this manuscript. L. Thomas and J. Shepard provided up-to-date information on the legal status of Sorex longirostris fischeri.

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