Blarina simplicidens Cope 1899 (American short-tailed shrew)

Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Soricidae

Belongs to Blarina according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Hay 1902, Jones et al. 1984 and Kurten and Anderson 1980

Sister taxa: Blarina brevicauda, Blarina carolinensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Port Kennedy Cave, which is in an Irvingtonian cave horizon in Pennsylvania

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Port Kennedy Cave

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