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

Common in New Hampshire 25th most recorded of 76 mammals logged in New Hampshire

179 occurrence records

Records from 2000–2026.

When to look for the American pygmy shrew in New Hampshire

Most sightings fall in July to August.

179 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
January2
February0
March0
April0
May0
June8
July59
August72
September38
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

179 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

179 New Hampshire records mapped

Notable places to look

Park, forest, or monumentiNaturalist records
Appalachian National Scenic Trail 1

Protected places with the most american pygmy shrew sightings, from the USGS Protected Areas Database plus named mountain ranges, good spots to look, not a full breakdown, so they don't sum to the total.

Where it's recorded in New Hampshire

CountyRecords
Carroll County 176
Grafton County 1
Coos County 1
Belknap County 1

The complete county distribution, spread across 4 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 179 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 72 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
  • USGS Protected Areas Databasepublic domainthe named parks, forests, and refuges behind "notable places to look"