Pygmy Shrew ( Sorex hoyi )
Pygmy Shrew (Sorex hoyi or Sorex minutus)
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Pygmy Shrew Behaviour
No observations regarding Pygmy Shrew behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Pygmy Shrews ...
Pygmy shrews are found in boreal Alaska and Canada southward to the Great Lakes area.
Pygmy shrew, lesser shrew
Sorex minutus
British shrews are protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and it is an offence to kill them without a special licence.
Statistics
Body length: 42-62mm, Weight: 2.5-6g.
Pygmy Shrew
Order: Insectivora
Family: Soricidae
Sorex hoyi - summer
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Pygmy Shrew
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Egyptian pygmy shrew (Crocidura religiosa)
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The pygmy shrew, with a body length of about two inches, weighs only one-eight ounce, hardly more than a dime. The shorttail shrew, our largest shrew, weighs about one-half to three-fourths ounce.
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.
Smallest mammals - the pygmy shrew (weighing 1.2-2.7 gm) and the bumblebee bat (weighing about 2 gm)
Loudest mammal - the Blue Whale. The second loudest is the Howler Monkey.
Pygmy Shrew S. minutus
Water Shrew Neomys fodiens
Greater White-toothed Shrew Crocidura russula - Likely introduced, Channel Islands only.
Lesser White-toothed Shrew C. suaveolens - Likely introduced, Isles of Scilly and Channel Islands only.
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.
*** Shrews in the Suncus (including the and the ) are also known as "musk shrews" and "pygmy shrews". The Flores shrew is also referred to as a "long-tailed forest shrew."
Status and Trends
Countries Where the Flores Shrew Is Currently Found: ...
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 shrew (Sorex hoyi winnemana)
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raccoon (Procyon lotor lotor)
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red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus abieticola) ...
 See also: Shrew, Weasel, Mole, Bat, Otter
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