American Pygmy Shrew
Sorex hoyi Baird, 1857
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Eulipotyphla |
| Family | Soricidae |
| Genus | Sorex |
| Species | Sorex hoyi Baird, 1857 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Accidental
Distribution
Range
Counties
County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2016.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N5 Secure
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- SU Unrankable
- Saskatchewan
- SNR Unranked
- New Brunswick
- S5 Secure
- Nova Scotia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Quebec
- S5 Secure
- Prince Edward Island
- S2 Imperiled
- Manitoba
- SNR Unranked
- Ontario
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Ohio
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- Iowa
- SU Unrankable
- Kentucky
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Maryland
- S2 Imperiled
- Vermont
- S2 Imperiled
- Maine
- S5 Secure
- South Dakota
- SH Possibly Extirpated
- West Virginia
- S2 Imperiled
- Michigan
- SU Unrankable
- New Jersey
- SU Unrankable
- Pennsylvania
- S5 Secure
- North Carolina
- S3 Vulnerable
- Tennessee
- S2 Imperiled
- New Hampshire
- S5 Secure
- Indiana
- S2 Imperiled
- Georgia
- SU Unrankable
- Illinois
- SH Possibly Extirpated
- South Carolina
- S2 Imperiled
- Alabama
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Wisconsin
- S4 Apparently Secure
- New York
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Massachusetts
- S1 Critically Imperiled
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
How to cite this account
Sorex hoyi Baird, 1857. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2941. https://cavebiology.org/species/sorex-hoyi/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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