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Shrews (family Soricidae) are
small mole-like
mammals classified in the
order Eulipotyphla. True
shrews are not to be
confused with treeshrews, otter...
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Elephant shrews, also
called jumping shrews or sengis, are
small insectivorous mammals native to Africa,
belonging to the
family Macroscelididae, in the...
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weighs about 5 g (0.18 oz). It has
darker colouring than
other shrews.
Masked shrews can live up to two years, but, on average, only
survive eighteen...
- an hour.
Clicking sounds are
heard when
these shrews are moving,
which cease when they rest. The
shrews are more
active during the
night when they make...
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thicker and brighter.
Arctic shrews molt
twice a year, and the
tricolor bands in the fur are less
prominent in
younger shrews. Its body
length ranges from...
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Water shrew may
refer to any of
several species of
semiaquatic red-toothed
shrews:
Asiatic water shrews (Chimarrogale spp.)
Malayan water shrew (C. hantu)...
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approximately 14 months.
Shrews are
active day and night,
taking short periods of rest
between relatively long
bursts of activity.
Common shrews are
found throughout...
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treeshrews (also
called tree
shrews or banxrings) are
small mammals native to the
tropical forests of
South and
Southeast Asia. They make up the entire...
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other shrews for the bulk of its diet,
though salamanders and mice are also eaten. This
shrew consumes vertebrates more
often than
other shrews do. The...
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extinct Corsican-Sardinian
shrews belonging to the
genus Asoriculus, with
their closest living relatives being the
Himalayan shrews of the
genus Soriculus...
