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Information in this category discusses various species of Shrews, the rodent family Soricidae.

Details cover appearance, classification, world locations, preferred habitats, diet and feeding behavior, social structure, activity periods, threats, predation, and conservation.

  • American Least Shrew (Cryptotis parva)  - Species account covers physical appearance, distribution, feeding habits, activity, sounds, social behavior, interaction with humans, and status.
  • American Water Shrew (Sorex palustris)  - Reports size and coloration, locations, preferred areas, feeding behavior, swimming, vocalizations, breeding, and status.
  • Animal Diversity: Pygmy Shrew (Sorex hoyi)  - University of Michigan provides information on range and habitat, appearance, breeding, behavior, communication, food, and conservation status.
  • Arctic Shrew (Sorex arcticus)  - Explores biodiversity, biomes, description, reproduction and parenting, social behavior, feeding habits, and predation.
  • Arizona-Desert Sonora Museum: Shrews  - Provides overview, Sonoran specimens, description, range, habitat, and life history.
  • Common Shrew (Sorex araneus)  - ARKive.org tells about status, species description, distribution, feeding habits, social behavior, breeding, threats, and family group.
  • Discover Life: Pygmy Shrew  - Reviews description, phylogeny, distribution, habitat, natural history, and conservation biology. Offers photographs.
  • Least Shrew (Cryptotis parva)  - Contains drawing, map, and picture, as well as information on sounds, nests, adaptations, other names, size range, and habitats.
  • Pioneer Middle School: Desert Shrew (Notiosorex crawfordi)  - Virtual Zoo project provides classification, image, size, activity, nesting, ecosystem, population status, litter size, and predators.
  • Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus)  - Species information sheet provides basic facts, IUCN status, appearance, locations, activity, breeding, predators, threats, and related species.
  • Short-Tailed Shrew  - Discusses physical characteristics, taxonomy, distribution and map, preferred habitat, reproduction, ecology, and status. From DiscoverLife.org.
  • Smoky Shrew (Sorex fumeus)  - National Museum of Natural History includes social communities, size, diet, sounds, distribution map, and photograph.
  • Southeastern Shrew (Sorex longirostris)  - Describes distribution, activity, burrows, hunting, litter size, and measurements. Includes range map and picture.
  • Water Shrew (Sorex palustris)  - Article examines common locations, habitat, physical characteristics, breeding and parenting, lifespan, predators, and derivation of name.
 
 
 
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