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North American Least Shrew
Animalia Soricidae

North American Least Shrew

Cryptotis parva (Say, 1823)

The North American least shrew is a very small Eulipotyphlan mammal found across…

Southern Short-tailed Shrew
Animalia Soricidae

Southern Short-tailed Shrew

Blarina carolinensis (Bachman, 1837)

Blarina carolinensis, the southern short-tailed shrew, is a small North American…

Northern Short-tailed Shrew
Animalia Soricidae

Northern Short-tailed Shrew

Blarina brevicauda (Say, 1823)

Blarina brevicauda, the northern short-tailed shrew, is a small North American s…

Eurasian Water Shrew
Animalia Soricidae

Eurasian Water Shrew

Neomys fodiens (Pennant, 1771)

Neomys fodiens, the Eurasian water shrew, is a semi-aquatic shrew found across m…

Crawford's Gray Shrew
Animalia Soricidae

Crawford's Gray Shrew

Notiosorex crawfordi (Coues, 1877)

Crawford's gray shrew is a tiny desert mammal with a very high metabolic rate, f…

Trowbridge's Shrew
Animalia Soricidae

Trowbridge's Shrew

Sorex trowbridgii Baird, 1857

Trowbridge's shrew (Sorex trowbridgii) is a small North American shrew with dist…

Valais Shrew
Animalia Soricidae

Valais Shrew

Sorex antinorii Bonaparte, 1840

Sorex antinorii, the Valais shrew, is a soricid mammal found in parts of Italy, …

Alpine Shrew
Animalia Soricidae

Alpine Shrew

Sorex alpinus Schinz, 1837

Sorex alpinus (Alpine shrew) is a small European mountain shrew distinguished by…

Common Shrew
Animalia Soricidae

Common Shrew

Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758

Sorex araneus, the common Eurasian shrew, is a widespread small venomous mammal …

Eurasian Pygmy Shrew
Animalia Soricidae

Eurasian Pygmy Shrew

Sorex minutus Linnaeus, 1766

Sorex minutus is a small shrew with distinct fur coloring and a proportionally l…

Vagrant Shrew
Animalia Soricidae

Vagrant Shrew

Sorex vagrans Baird, 1857

Sorex vagrans (vagrant shrew, also called wandering shrew) is a small shrew foun…

Smoky Shrew
Animalia Soricidae

Smoky Shrew

Sorex fumeus G.M.Miller, 1895

The smoky shrew (Sorex fumeus G.M.Miller, 1895) is a small North American shrew …

Ornate Shrew
Animalia Soricidae

Ornate Shrew

Sorex ornatus Merriam, 1895

Sorex ornatus (ornate shrew) is a small North American shrew found in wet coasta…

Masked Shrew
Animalia Soricidae

Masked Shrew

Sorex cinereus Kerr, 1792

The masked shrew Sorex cinereus is the most widely distributed North American sh…

Forest Shrew
Animalia Soricidae

Forest Shrew

Myosorex varius (Smuts, 1832)

Myosorex varius, the forest shrew, is a small shrew native to southern Africa ac…

Northern Broad-footed Mole
Animalia Talpidae

Northern Broad-footed Mole

Scapanus latimanus (Bachman, 1842)

Scapanus latimanus, the broad-footed mole, is a fossorial mammal with distinct p…

Coast Mole
Animalia Talpidae

Coast Mole

Scapanus orarius True, 1896

Scapanus orarius, the coast mole, is a fossorial North American mole with define…

Townsend's Mole
Animalia Talpidae

Townsend's Mole

Scapanus townsendii (Bachman, 1839)

Scapanus townsendii is a mole species found along the Pacific coast from British…

Eastern Mole
Animalia Talpidae

Eastern Mole

Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scalopus aquaticus, the eastern mole, is a small burrowing mammal with limited C…

Hairy-tailed Mole
Animalia Talpidae

Hairy-tailed Mole

Parascalops breweri (Bachman, 1842)

Parascalops breweri, the hairy-tailed or Brewer's mole, is the only species in i…

Star-nosed Mole
Animalia Talpidae

Star-nosed Mole

Condylura cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)

The star-nosed mole is a small semiaquatic North American mole with a distinctiv…

Iberian mole
Animalia Talpidae

Iberian mole

Talpa occidentalis Cabrera, 1907

Talpa occidentalis is a mole species found in the Iberian Peninsula, noted for u…

European Mole
Animalia Talpidae

European Mole

Talpa europaea Linnaeus, 1758

Talpa europaea (European mole) is a small subterranean mammal found across Europ…

Aquitanian mole
Animalia Talpidae

Aquitanian mole

Talpa aquitania Nicolas, Martinez-Vargas & Hugot, 2017

Talpa aquitania, the Aquitanian mole, is a mole species found from southwestern …