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The shrew's long tail is vaguely bi-colored, with dark and light brown as the color. The southeastern shrew is slightly smaller and more reddish than the masked shrew, which looks very similar to the southeastern shrew. Shrews possess lengthy pointed snouts, tiny eyes and ears. Their hearing and smell are very acute.
The southern short-tailed shrew is the smallest shrew in its genus, measuring 7 to 10 cm (2.8 to 3.9 in) in total length, and weighing less than 14 g (0.49 oz).It has a comparatively heavy body, with short limbs and a thick neck, a long, pointed snout and ears that are nearly concealed by its soft, dense fur.
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 ...
S. leucogaster (Paramushir shrew) S. longirostris (Southeastern shrew) S. lyelli (Mount Lyell shrew) S. macrodon (Large-toothed shrew) S. maritimensis (Maritime shrew) S. mediopua (Jalisco shrew) S. merriami (Merriam's shrew) S. milleri (Carmen Mountain shrew) S. minutissimus (Eurasian least shrew) S. minutus (Eurasian pygmy shrew, pictured)
Shrews and solenodons closely resemble mice, hedgehogs carry spines, ... Southeastern shrew, S. longirostris [n 3] LC; Mount Lyell shrew, S. lyelli [n 3] LC;
The U.S. state of Alabama is home to these known indigenous mammal species. [1] Historically, the state's indigenous species included one armadillo species, sixteen bat species, thirteen carnivore species, six insectivore species, one opossum species, four rabbit species, twenty-two rodent species, and three ungulate species.
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) Southern short-tailed shrew (Blarina carolinensis) Least shrew (Cryptotis parva) Masked shrew (Sorex cinereus) Smoky shrew (Sorex fumeus) American pygmy shrew (Sorex hoyi) Southeastern shrew (Sorex longirostris) Suidae. Wild boar (Sus scrofa) introduced; Talpidae. Star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata)