Cryptotis parva (Say, 1823)

Cryptotis parva (Say, 1823) View in CoL

Least Shrew

Information published since Caire et al. (1989) has expanded the known distribution of this shrew to include nearly the entire state. Records for 33 counties were reported by Caire et al. (1989). Since that time, this species has been reported for an additional 22 counties. Dalquest et al. (1990) reported records for Beaver and Texas counties. Stangl et al. (1992) reported records for Cotton, Greer, Stephens, and Tillman counties. Smith (1993) reported a record for Caddo County. Braun and Revelez (2005) reported records for Hughes, McClain, Murray, and Roger Mills counties. McDonald et al. (2006) reported records for Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Ellis, Garfield, Major, Mayes, Nowata, Washington, and Washita counties. Connior et al. (2015) reported a specimen from Delaware County and Dreier et al. (2015) reported a specimen from Cimarron County. New records are reported for Atoka, Latimer, Lincoln, and Pushmataha counties.

Specimen records (9).— Atoka County (2): public hunting area along D3917 Rd , Atoka Wildlife Management Area, 264 m, 34°32'32.7840"N, - 095°56'28.1760"W, 2 ( OMNH 37955 View Materials , 37958 View Materials ) GoogleMaps . Latimer County (4): 1.6 km NW Wilburton , 3 ( UCOCV-MAM 3275 , 3276 , 3579 ) ; 1.6 km N Wilburton , 1 ( UCOCV-MAM 3646 ) . Lincoln County (1): 0.4 km N boat ramp at Chandler Lake , Chandler, 1 ( OMNH 64986 View Materials ) . Pushmataha County (2): 10.6 km S, 1.6 km W Talihina , 1 ( UCOCV-MAM 5902 ) ; 6.4 km N, 9.7 km W Honobia , 1 ( UCOCV-MAM 5903 ) .