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The northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda) is the largest shrew in the genus Blarina, [3] and occurs in the northeastern region of North America. [4] It is a semifossorial, highly active, and voracious insectivore and is present in a variety of habitats like broadleaved and pine forests among shrubs and hedges as well as grassy river banks. [5]
The northern short-tailed shrew is known to echolocate. The only terrestrial mammals known to echolocate are two genera ( Sorex and Blarina ) of shrews, the tenrecs of Madagascar , bats , and the solenodons . [ 14 ]
The genus Blarina, commonly called short-tailed shrews, is a genus of relatively large shrews with relatively short tails found in North America. Description [ edit ]
The shrew subfamily Soricinae consists of thirteen genera.The majority of the species are contained within Cryptotis, with 41 species, and Sorex, with 76 species.The remaining shrews are split between Chodsigoa with eight species; Chimarrogale with six; Anourosorex, Episoriculus, Neomys, and Notiosorex with four species each; Blarina and Blarinella with three species each, and Megasorex ...
Northern short-tailed shrew, Blarina brevicauda Northern short-tailed shrew. Distribution: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island
Northern short-tailed shrew, B. brevicauda LC; Genus: Sorex. Arctic shrew, ... The white-tailed deer is the state wildlife animal of Wisconsin. Family Cervidae (deer)
The northern short-tailed shrew is one of several venomous shrews. The northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda), Mediterranean water shrew (Neomys anomalus), and Eurasian water shrew (Neomys fodiens) are capable of delivering a venomous bite.
Elliot's short-tailed shrew is found in lowland environments with heavy vegetation from southern Iowa and Nebraska in the north to parts of Texas and northern Louisiana in the south, including much of the states of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, and the northeastern corner of Colorado. [2]