SHORT-TAILED SHREW 



Fig. 13. Short-tailed Shrew 



Food. — Insects, Mice, and such animal food as it can cap- 

 ture; snails. 



Enemies. — Snakes, Hawks, Owls, Weasels, Skunks, Foxes, 

 and other small carnivores. 



Species and Subspecies of the Genus Blarina 



Large Short-tailed Shrew. — Blarina brevicauda brevicauda 

 (Say) _ 

 As described above. Found in Nebraska and Manitoba 

 eastward in Upper Austral and Transition Zones. 

 Blarina brevicauda talpoides (Gapper) of Ontario, Canada, is 

 apparently indistinguishable from typical brevicauda. 



Martha's Vineyard Short-tailed Shrew. — Blarina brevicauda 

 aloga Bangs. 

 Slightly smaller than typical brevicauda. Upperparts dark 

 brownish drab; underparts silvery gray; feet white; tail 

 bicolor, dusky above, grayish below. Total length, 4.8 

 inches; tail vertebrae, i inch; hind foot, .58 inch. Found 

 on Island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. 



Nantucket Short-tailed Shrew. — Blarina brevicauda compacta 

 Bangs. 

 Resembling aloga but different in color. Upperparts slate- 

 gray; underparts very similar to upperparts and no line of 

 demarcation; feet grayish; tail unicolor, dusky. Total 

 length, 4.8 inches; tail vertebras, .9 inch; hind foot, .58 inch. 

 Found on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. 



Carolina Short-tailed Shrew. — Blarina brevicauda carolinensis 

 (Bachman). 

 Much smaller than typical brevicauda. Upperparts dark 

 slaty, in summer tinged with brownish; underparts slightly 

 paler. Total length, 4 inches; tail vertebrce, .8 inch; hind 

 foot, .5 inch. Found in " Austroriparian fauna from the 

 mouth of Chesapeake Bay to Arkansas." (Merriam) 



Everglade Short-tailed Shrew. — Blarina brevicauda peninsulce 

 (Merriam). 

 Resembling carolinensis but hind foot larger and color more 

 slaty. Upperparts uniform slate-black, duller below. 



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