†Blarina simplicidens Cope 1899 (American short-tailed shrew)
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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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