Sorex (Otisorex) preblei Jackson 1922

Sorex (Otisorex) preblei Jackson 1922, J. Wash. Acad. Sci., 12: 263.

Type Locality: USA, " Jordan Valley, altitude 4,200 feet [1280 m], Malheur County, Oregon." .

Vernacular Names: Preble's Shrew.

Distribution: Columbia Plateau of Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada to W Great Plains of Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico (USA). For reviews of distributional records, see Tomasi and Hoffmann (1984) and Long and Hoffmann (1992).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Otisorex; S. cinereus group (Demboski and Cook, 2003). Reviewed by Cornely et al. (1992, Mammalian Species No. 416).