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The cinereus shrew or masked shrew (Sorex cinereus) is a small shrew found in Alaska, Canada, and the northern United States. [2] This is the most widely distributed shrew in North America, where it is also known as the common shrew .
Laxmann's shrew (Sorex caecutiens), or the masked shrew, [2] is a species of shrew. [1] Its range extends from northern Scandinavia and the Baltic to the Sea of Japan, including HokkaidÅ, Sakhalin, and the Korean Peninsula. It favours mountain forests but is sometimes found in tundra and moorland, and also in lowland areas as well. It avoids ...
All shrews are tiny, most no larger than a mouse. The largest species is the Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus) of tropical Asia, which is about 15 cm (6 in) long and weighs around 100 g (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 oz) [2] The Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus), at about 3.5 cm (1 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) and 1.8 grams (28 grains), is the smallest known living terrestrial mammal.
Masked shrew. Order: Soricomorpha Family: Soricidae Dusky shrew, Sorex monticolus, moist meadows, forests, common; Masked shrew, Sorex cinereus, moist meadows ...
Northern short-tailed shrew: Blarina brevicauda: Common Statewide Least shrew: Cryptotis parva: Endangered locally South central Masked shrew: Sorex cinereus: Common Statewide Maryland shrew: Sorex cinereus fontinalis: Common The Maryland shrew is now considered a subspecies of masked shrew. Piedmont and Valley and Ridge: Long-tailed shrew ...
Shrews have such a high metabolic rate that they die if they stop eating for a few hours, meaning that they don’t survive long in traps. The team set more than 100 pitfall traps, designed for ...
North American least shrew, Cryptotis parva. Distribution: southern Connecticut. Masked shrew, Sorex cinereus. Distribution: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Subspecies: Sorex cinereus cinereus according to Hall (1981) and Whitaker and Hamilton (1998). Long-tailed shrew, Sorex dispar
Shrews (Order Eulipotyphla [4], Family Soricidae) Northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda) — very common in leafy or grassy ground (usually in wooded areas) [3] Smoky shrew (Sorex fumeus) — common, especially in moist, shady spots [3] Masked shrew (Sorex cinereus) — plentiful in the state, [5] especially in moist, shady spots. [3]