New Hampshire mammals

American pygmy shrew in New Hampshire

Sorex hoyi

Native to New Hampshire S5 Secure in New Hampshire

Not listed as nonindigenous in New Hampshire by USGS NAS; native to its New Hampshire range.

IUCN Red List status

  1. LC
  2. NT
  3. VU
  4. EN
  5. CR
  6. EW
  7. EX

LC – Least Concern

Widespread and abundant; not at risk.

American pygmy shrew crossing an asphalt pathAI-generated image: American pygmy shrew foraging in damp forest leaf litter. No additional license-safe photograph of this species exists. This image was generated with AI from verified reference material and reviewed by our editorial team for accuracyAI-generated image: American pygmy shrew paused on green moss. No additional license-safe photograph of this species exists. This image was generated with AI from verified reference material and reviewed by our editorial team for accuracy
Photo: Steven Joyner · CC BY 4.0American pygmy shrew crossing an asphalt pathAI-generated image No additional license-safe photograph of this species exists. This image was generated with AI from verified reference material and reviewed by our editorial team for accuracyAmerican pygmy shrew foraging in damp forest leaf litterAI-generated image No additional license-safe photograph of this species exists. This image was generated with AI from verified reference material and reviewed by our editorial team for accuracyAmerican pygmy shrew paused on green moss

American pygmy shrew in New Hampshire, by the numbers

Occasional in New Hampshire 28th most recorded of 76 mammals logged in New Hampshire

172 occurrence records

Records from 2000–2026.

172 total records count every New Hampshire occurrence from GBIF and iNaturalist; the monthly chart covers the 171 records with a full observation date.

When to look for the American pygmy shrew in New Hampshire

Most sightings fall in July to August.

171 New Hampshire occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) by month of year, 2000–2026. Shows when the species is recorded, not a guarantee of presence.

Monthly New Hampshire records (table)
MonthRecords
January0
February0
March0
April0
May0
June8
July57
August70
September36
October0
November0
December0

Monthly american pygmy shrew occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) in New Hampshire, 2000–2026.

Seasonality

Year-round in New Hampshire, with recorded sightings peaking in July–August.

Occurrence map

Where American pygmy shrew has been recorded in New Hampshire

172 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

172 New Hampshire records mapped

Where it's recorded in New Hampshire

CountyRecords
Carroll County 172

The complete county distribution, spread across 1 New Hampshire counties. Every occurrence record falls in one county, so these sum to the total. Counties from GBIF and US Census boundaries.

New Hampshire has 172 American pygmy shrew records in the 2000–2026 window, all from GBIF and none from iNaturalist. July through September account for 169 of them, led by 70 in August; that concentration describes the records, not the size of the state’s population.

NatureServe ranks the species S5 (Secure) in New Hampshire. The Lakes Region, Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge, and Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge are the three places named in this overlay, while the absence of records in most winter and spring months is a gap in this dataset rather than evidence of seasonal absence.

American pygmy shrew crossing an asphalt path
Full species profile American pygmy shrew Sorex hoyi Size 5–7 cm2–2.8 in Weight 2–5 g0.1–0.2 oz View the full profile

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Data & sources

The data and visualizations on this page draw on these open sources:

  • GBIFCC-BY 4.0occurrence records behind the range map, elevation, and record counts
  • iNaturalistCC0 / CC-BY / CC-BY-SAobservations, photos, and audio recordings
  • NatureServe ExplorerCC-BYthe state conservation rank
  • IUCN Red Listattributed factthe global conservation status
  • USGS NASpublic domainnative / introduced status
  • Natural Earthpublic domainthe relief basemap
  • USFSpublic domainnational-forest boundaries