Pygmy Shrew

Pygmy shrews are found in boreal Alaska and Canada southward to the Great Lakes area.

Savi's pygmy shrew, Etruscan shrew - SUNCUS ETRUSCUS Possibly Endangered Class: Animals with Milk Glands (Mammalia) Subclass: True Mammals (Eutheria) Order: Insect Eaters (Insectivora) Family: Soricidae.

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Anatomy: The North American Pygmy Shrew may be the smallest mammal in the world. It weighs just 1.2-2.7 grams. Its body is about the size of a person's thumbnail.

Common & Eurasian Pygmy Shrews (genus Sorex), size comparison The Common Shrew is not an endangered species, but is protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981. It is an offence in Britain to kill a shrew without a licence.

The common shrew is one of Britain's smallest mammals (the pygmy shrew is the smallest mammal of all) and is closely related to the mole and hedgehog - not the mice, as people sometimes think. Its pointed nose distinguishes it easily from mice.

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Behaviour Water shrews are solitary but may live near to other individuals, and are more tolerant of each other than common and pygmy shrews. Their home range may be 60-80 square metres, including the water surface.

Bumblebee bats compete with the Etruscan Pygmy shrew for the title of world's smallest mammal. At issue is whether skull size or mass defines "smallest"; the shrew is lighter but the bat's skull is shorter at 11 mm.

Pygmy Shrews have a variety of calls, including purrs, whispers, squeaks, and high-pitched whistling sounds. Snakes, hawks, cats, and foxes all prey on them, and they, in turn, prey on small arthropods and worms, and eat some plant matter.

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See also: Shrew, Weasel, Mole, Bat, Otter