Northern Short-tailed Shrew

Common Name
Northern Short-tailed Shrew
Order
Eulipotyphla
Family
Soricidae
Species Name
Blarina brevicauda
Status
Least concern
States
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Maryland
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
North Carolina
North Dakota
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Virginia
Vermont
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Wyoming

Distribution

North-central and northeastern United States and adjacent provinces of southern Canada.

Notes

Very venomous saliva; most abundant mammal in forested areas. Not habitat specific. Active day and night. Larger than B. hylophaga.
Ohio
Ohio's most common mammal