The prairie shrew (Sorex haydeni) is a small shrew found in the Canadian prairies and midwestern United States. At one time, this species was considered...
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long-tailed shrew or rock shrew (Sorex dispar) is a small shrew found in Atlantic Canada and the Northeastern United States. This shrew is slate grey...
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not to be confused with treeshrews, otter shrews, elephant shrews, West Indies shrews, or marsupial shrews, which belong to different families or orders...
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The Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus), also known as the Etruscan pygmy shrew, white-toothed pygmy shrew and Savi’s pygmy shrew, is the smallest known...
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Sorex cinereus Prairie shrew, Sorex haydeni Saint Lawrence Island shrew, Sorex jacksoni Paramushir shrew, Sorex leucogaster Southeastern shrew, Sorex longirostris...
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The American pygmy shrew (Sorex hoyi), also called the eastern pygmy shrew, is a small shrew found throughout much of Alaska, Canada, and the northern...
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The Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus) is a shrew species native to South and Southeast Asia that has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List...
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The Arctic shrew (Sorex arcticus), also known as the blackback shrew or saddlebacked shrew, is a medium-sized shrew found in Canada and the northern United...
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shrew mole and least shrew mole. It is not closely related to the Asian shrew mole (Uropsilus in Urotrichini). The reason that it is called a "shrew mole"...
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The American water shrew or northern water shrew (Sorex palustris) is a shrew found in the nearctic faunal region located throughout the mountain ranges...
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The Eurasian pygmy shrew (Sorex minutus), often known simply as the pygmy shrew, is a widespread shrew of the northern Palearctic. It measures about 5 cm...
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The white-toothed shrews or Crocidurinae are one of three subfamilies of the shrew family Soricidae. The outer layer of these shrews' teeth is white, unlike...
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The barren ground 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...
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The vagrant shrew (Sorex vagrans), also known as the wandering shrew, is a medium-sized North American shrew. At one time, the montane shrew and the Orizaba...
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The marsh shrew (Sorex bendirii), also known as the Pacific water shrew, Bendire's water shrew, Bendire's shrew and Jesus shrew is the largest North American...
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short-tailed shrew (Blarina carolinensis) is a gray, short-tailed shrew that inhabits the eastern United States. The southern short-tailed shrew is the smallest...
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The common shrew (Sorex araneus), also known as the Eurasian shrew, is the most common shrew, and one of the most common mammals, throughout Northern...
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The North American least shrew (Cryptotis parva) is one of the smallest mammals, growing to be only up to 3 inches long. It has a long pointed snout and...
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was once present in North America. Hedgehogs share distant ancestry with shrews (family Soricidae), with gymnures possibly being the intermediate link,...
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Solenodonstidae (solenodons); Talpidae (moles, shrew-like moles and desmans); and Soricidae (true shrews) families. Historically, these animals were grouped...
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The tundra shrew (Sorex tundrensis) is a small shrew found in Alaska, the northern Yukon Territory, the MacKenzie Delta region of the Northwest Territories...
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Sorex (category Red-toothed shrews)
Maryland shrew (S. fontinalis) Prairie shrew (S. haydeni) Saint Lawrence Island shrew (S. jacksoni) Paramushir shrew (S. leucogaster) Southeastern shrew (S...
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Crawford's gray shrew (Notiosorex crawfordi), also known as the desert shrew, is a small shrew found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico...
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The family Talpidae (/ˈtælpɪdiː/) includes the true moles (as well as the shrew moles and desmans) who are small insectivorous mammals of the order Eulipotyphla...
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The smoky shrew (Sorex fumeus) is a medium-sized North American shrew found in eastern Canada and the northeastern United States and extends further south...
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Blarina (redirect from Short-Tailed Shrew)
shrews, is a genus of relatively large shrews with relatively short tails found in North America. They have 32 teeth and are in the red-toothed shrew...
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Uropsilus (redirect from Shrew-like moles)
The shrew moles or shrew-like moles (Uropsilus) are shrew-like members of the mole family of mammals endemic to the forested, high-alpine region bordering...
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The Cuban solenodon or almiquí (Atopogale cubana) is a small, furry, shrew-like mammal endemic to mountainous forests on Cuba. It is the only species...
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evolutionary branch that split from the lineage leading to hedgehogs, moles, and shrews before the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. They are one of two families...
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Smoky shrew, Sorex fumeus LC Prairie shrew, Sorex haydeni LC American pygmy shrew, Sorex hoyi LC and: Western pygmy shrew, Sorex eximius Ixtlan shrew, Sorex...
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