The long-tailed shrew hunts in the cool, damp crevices of talus slopes and boulder fields, terrain few observers search carefully, which is likely why its 12 Pennsylvania records all come from GBIF specimen and survey data rather than iNaturalist photographs. Of the places tied to these records, the Delaware Water Gap’s forested, rock-strewn ridges are the closest match to the species’ real habitat; Pymatuning and Presque Isle more likely reflect where people were watching than where this shrew actually lives.
Records cluster from June through August and again in December, a pattern that may track when researchers were out trapping rather than a true activity peak. NatureServe rates the species S4, apparently secure, in Pennsylvania despite the sparse record count.
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