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Northern Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina brevicauda)
Northern Short-tailed Shrew, Lower Saint-Lawrence, Quebec, Canada Photograph by Gilles Gonthier. Some rights reserved. (view image details) 
Northern Short-tailed Shrew, Lower Saint-Lawrence, Quebec, Canada Photograph by Gilles Gonthier. Some rights reserved. (view image details) 
Northern Short-tailed Shrew, Lower Saint-Lawrence, Quebec, Canada Photograph by Gilles Gonthier. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
NORTHERN SHORT-TAILED SHREW FACTS
DescriptionThe Northern Short-tailed Shrew has velvety, soft fur with short tail and small eyes. It is gray with slightly paler underside. The summer fur is lighter than the winter fur. They are stocky and about the size of a mouse. The ears are almost hidden by the fur. Other Names Mole Shrew Size Length: 7.5cm - 10.5cm. Tail length: 1.7cm - 3cm. Environment damp woodlands, marshes, gardens, fence rows, and country roadsides. They build runways under leaves, dirt, and snow and make their nest in tunnels, under logs or amongst rocks Food Feeds on invertebrates, small reptiles and frogs and some plants. They produce poison from their salivary glands which helps them overcome prey larger than itself such as salamanders, frogs, snakes, mice, birds. Breeding A litter of 3 - 10 (usually 5-7) young is born after a gestation period of 21 - 22 days. The young are weaned at about 20 days. Range southern parts of Canada from Saskatchewan to Nova Scotia. United States from Dakota and Nebraska eastwards to the coast, and as far south as Arkansas and Georgia Classification
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