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In older long-tailed shrews, a loss of hair from the tail may be exhibited. The long-tailed shrew has a long, slender muzzle with long whiskers that range from 22 to 23 mm (0.87 to 0.91 in) long. [3] In the summer, the pelage color of the long-tailed shrew is slate gray with the ventral side of the body lighter than the dorsum. [4] [5]
The long-tailed forest shrew has a head-and-body length of between 73 and 93 mm (2.9 and 3.7 in), with a tail averaging 66 mm (2.6 in). The dorsal fur is mainly dark grey; the individual hairs have grey bases, yellowish or brownish shafts and blackish tips, creating a yellowish, brownish or blackish washed effect on the coat.
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
Kashmir pygmy shrew (S. planiceps) – India and Pakistan; Tibetan shrew (S. thibetanus) – endemic to China; Subgenus Otisorex – mostly North American shrews with a few species found on the Kamchatka Peninsula and islands in the Bering Sea. Chiapan shrew (S. chiapensis) Cruz's long-tailed shrew (S. cruzi) Long-tailed shrew (S. dispar) Sorex ...
Range maps are provided wherever possible; if a range map is not available, a description of the crocidurine's range is provided. ... Sumatran long-tailed shrew. C ...
S. neomexicanus (New Mexico shrew) S. oreopolus (Mexican long-tailed shrew) S. orizabae (Orizaba long-tailed shrew) S. ornatus (Ornate shrew) S. pacificus (Pacific shrew) S. palustris (American water shrew) S. planiceps (Kashmir pygmy shrew) S. portenkoi (Portenko's shrew) S. preblei (Preble's shrew) S. pribilofensis (Pribilof Island shrew)
The American pygmy shrew is the smallest mammal native to North America and is one of the smallest mammals in the world, just slightly larger than the Etruscan shrew of Eurasia. Its body is about 5 cm (2 in) long including a 2-cm-long tail, and it weighs about 2.0 to 4.5 g (0.07 to 0.16 oz). [ 9 ]
They range in size from the least shrew tenrec, at 4 cm (2 in) plus a 6 cm (2 in) tail, to the giant otter shrew, at 34 cm (13 in) plus a 39 cm (15 in) tail. Afrosoricids primarily eat invertebrates , particularly insects and earthworms, though some will also eat small lizards or other vertebrates.