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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 .
Mount Lyell shrews are extremely threatened by the climate crisis and could lose up to 90% of their cold, high altitude habitat as the Earth warms, researchers said, citing a study conducted by UC ...
Members of this genus, known as long-tailed shrews, are the only members of the tribe Soricini of the subfamily Soricinae (red-toothed shrews). They have 32 teeth. They have 32 teeth. These animals have long, pointed snouts, small ears, which are often not visible, and scent glands located on the sides of their bodies.
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
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.
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 ...
Like all shrews, the Asian house shrew is plantigrade and long-nosed. The teeth are a series of sharp points to poke holes in insect exoskeletons . It is the largest of the shrew species, weighing between 50 and 100 g and being about 15 cm long from snout to tip of the tail.
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