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The Olympic shrew (Sorex rohweri) is a rare species of shrew that lives in only 13 spots in northwest Washington state and, a recent discovery, in Burns Bog, located in Delta, BC.
| Olympic shrew | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Genus: | Sorex |
| Species: | S. rohweri |
| Binomial name | |
| Sorex rohweri Rausch, Feagin, & Rausch, 2007 | |
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| Olympic shrew range | |
Not much is known about this species. It was only described in 2007 and is often mistaken for the masked shrew, Sorex cinereus.[2] Recent reexaminations of museum specimens show the species occurs in British Columbia in the Fraser Valley south of the Fraser River, east to Chilliwack Lake.[3]
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Its survival in Canada is threatened by the South Fraser Perimeter Road, part 2 of the Gateway Program
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