Common Name
Pygmy Shrew
Order
Eulipotyphla
Family
Soricidae
Species Name
Sorex hoyi
Status
Least concern
States
Alaska
Colorado
Georgia
Iowa
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Maryland
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
Montana
North Carolina
North Dakota
New Hampshire
New York
Ohio
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Virginia
Vermont
Washington
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Wyoming
Distribution
Northern United States; Alaska, Montana, Idaho, Washington, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and a small pocket in Col
Notes
Formerly of the genus Microsorex; among the smallest North American mammals. Considered by some to be in genus Sorex. Burrows in loose soil.