The Barren Ground Shrew or Barrenground Shrew, Sorex ugyunak, is a small shrew found in northern Canada west of Hudson Bay and in Alaska. At one time, this species was considered to be a subspecies of the similar Masked Shrew, S. cinereus. It is similar in appearance and thought to be closely related to the Saint Lawrence Island Shrew (S. jacksoni) and Pribilof Island Shrew (S. hydrodromus). Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anenomes) Placozoa (trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Subclass Multituberculata (extinct) Plagiaulacida Cimolodonta Subclass Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Subclass Triconodonta (extinct) Subclass Eutheria (includes extinct ancestors)/Placentalia (excludes extinct ancestors) Afrosoricida Artiodactyla Carnivora Cetacea Chiroptera Cimolesta (extinct) Creodonta (extinct) Condylarthra (extinct) Dermoptera Desmostylia (extinct) Embrithopoda (extinct) Hyracoidea Insectivora Lagomorpha Litopterna (extinct) Macroscelidea Mesonychia (extinct) Notoungulata (extinct) Perissodactyla Pholidota Plesiadapiformes... Families Erinaceidae Soricidae Talpidae Solenodontidae The biological order Insectivora in the past was used as a scrapbasket for a variety of small to very small, relatively unspecialized, insectivorous mammals. ... Genera Anourosorex Blarina Blarinella Chimarrogale Congosorex Crocidura Cryptotis Diplomosodon Feroculus Megasorex Myoserex Nectogale Neomys Nesiotites Notiosorex Ruwenzorisorex Scutisorex Solisorex Sorex Soriculus Suncus Surdisorex Sylvisorex Shrews are small, superficially mouse-like mammals of the family Soricidae. ... Species See text The genus Sorex is a group of mainly land-dwelling shrews with relatively long tails which includes many of the common shrews of Europe and North America. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Rudolph Martin Anderson (June 30, 1876 – June 21, 1961) was a Canadian zoologist and explorer. ... Austin Loomer Rand (December 16, 1905 - November 6, 1982) was a Canadian zoologist. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Genera Anourosorex Blarina Blarinella Chimarrogale Congosorex Crocidura Cryptotis Diplomosodon Feroculus Megasorex Myoserex Nectogale Neomys Nesiotites Notiosorex Ruwenzorisorex Scutisorex Solisorex Sorex Soriculus Suncus Surdisorex Sylvisorex Shrews are small, superficially mouse-like mammals of the family Soricidae. ... Hudson Bay, Canada. ... State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Official languages English Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski (R) Senators Ted Stevens (R) Lisa Murkowski (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 1st 663,267 mi² / 1,717,854 km² 13. ... Binomial name Sorex cinereus (Kerr, 1792) The Masked Shrew, Sorex cinereus, is a small shrew found in Alaska, Canada, the northern United States, and northeastern Siberia. ...

It is dark brown on its back with grey-brown sides and underparts; the tail is pale brown on top and light below with a light brown tip. Its body is about 8 cm in length including a 3 cm long tail. It weighs about 4 g.

These animals are found north of the tree-line, in wet meadows or thickets in the tundra. In this view of an alpine tree-line, the distant line looks particularly sharp. ... In physical geography, tundra is an area where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons. ...

They eat insects, small invertebrates and seeds. Invertebrate is a term coined by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck to describe any animal without a spinal column. ...

The species name ugyunak is the Inuit word for "shrew". Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ...