#sorex

Masked Shrew Sorex cinereus

A common shrew found in Alaska, Canada, and the northern United States. They eat insects, worms, snails, small rodents, salamanders, and seeds. Due to its high metabolism, the masked shrew can eat three times its weight a day. The shrew has to eat almost constantly, because they can only survive a few hours without food Their metabolism drops when they are at rest.

Common Shrew (Sorex araneus), family Soricidae, order Eulipotyphla, found across central, northern, and eastern Europe, and western Asia

Mildly venomous.

Arizona shrew Sorex arizonae

A shrew found in Arizona and New Mexico, United States, and in Mexico. They are found in mountainous areas including the Chiricahua, Huachuca, Santa Rica, Animas, and Sierra Madre occidental, in conifer forest and Mexican oak-pine woodland.

Least Concern

Crowned shrew (Sorex coronatus)