Northern short-tailed shrew

Northern short-tailed shrew[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Soricidae
Genus: Blarina
Species:
B. brevicauda
Binomial name
Blarina brevicauda
(Say, 1823)

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] It is notable in that it is one of the few venomous mammals. The specific epithet, brevicauda, is a combination of the Latin brevis and cauda, meaning "short tail".[3]

  1. ^ Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Cassola, F. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Blarina brevicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T41451A115187102. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T41451A22292945.en. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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