Three species account for most of the shrews living around the Salish Sea: the masked shrew (Sorex cinereus), the dusky or montane shrew (Sorex monticolus) and the vagrant or wandering shrew ...

This species emits ultrasonic sounds for echolocation ... contained one adult short-tailed shrew. Blus, L.J. 1971. Reproductive and survival of short-tailed shrews (Blarina brevicauda) in capitivity.

This species is also one of the rarest, with only nine records existing for the Adirondack Park, all from Essex County. The natural history of the pygmy shrew is poorly known for all parts of its ...

Based on the animals’ physical characteristics and genomes, the team concluded there are 21 species of shrew endemic to Sulawesi, 14 of which were previously unidentified. The authors write in their ...

Four different shrew species were recorded throughout their time spent, including the vagrant shrew, Merriam's shrew, Mount Lyell shrew and the montane shrew. Because the shrew species looked so ...

In 1988 an effort was mounted to save this tiny mammal when the Interfaith Council for the Protection of Animals and Nature petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the shrew as an ...

Furthermore, the authors speculated that pro- and anti-apoptotic factors may help the shrew control both cell death and cell proliferation during this process. While this study identified many ...

She stepped closer, her heart thudding like a train. ‘I, uneducated one, am an ELEPHANT shrew, species Rhynchocyon petersi.’ Agnes stumbled to repeat the phrase. ‘Rin-cho-sion…’ ‘Never ...