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Notiosorex cockrumi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Eulipotyphla

Genus
  
Notiosorex

Higher classification
  
Notiosorex

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Soricidae

Scientific name
  
Notiosorex cockrumi

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Species

Notiosorex cockrumi

Notiosorex cockrumi, also called Cockrum's gray shrew or Cockrum's desert shrew, is a tiny species of shrew named in 2003. This red-toothed shrew, which is as light as a penny, is the first new mammal species from Arizona since 1977. Its range extends from Arizona to central Sonora, Mexico.

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Notiosorex cockrumi Wikipedia