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Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina brevicauda)

September 16, 2017 by

Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina brevicauda)

Pennsylvania Counties for Short-tailed Shrew

 

Common Name: Short-tailed Shrew

Scientific Name: Blarina brevicauda

Habitat: Prefers wooded and damp areas with plenty of leaf litter.

Diet: Insectivorous—insects, insect eggs, snails, spiders, slugs, worms, centipedes, millipedes, cocoons, caterpillars, and carrion of some vertebrates.

Interesting Facts:
This animal has a voracious appetite. Said to eat several times its weight every day, the short-tailed shrew is aided in subduing its prey by a poison found in its saliva.

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