Pygmy shrew may refer to one of various species of shrews:
American pygmy shrew, Sorex hoyi
Eurasian pygmy shrew, Sorex minutus
Etruscan shrew, Suncus etruscus
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The American pygmyshrew (Sorex hoyi) is a small shrew found in Northern Alaska, Canada, and the northern United States, south through the Appalachian...
The Eurasian pygmyshrew (Sorex minutus), often known simply as the pygmyshrew, is a widespread shrew of the northern Palearctic. It measures about 5 cm...
The Madagascan pygmyshrew (Suncus madagascariensis) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is the only known Malagasy shrew. Some taxonomists...
Eurasian least shrew (Sorex minutissimus), also called the lesser pygmyshrew, is the second-smallest mammal by mass after the Etruscan shrew. The Eurasian...
not to be confused with treeshrews, otter shrews, elephant shrews, West Indies shrews, or marsupial shrews, which belong to different families or orders...
The common shrew (Sorex araneus), also known as the Eurasian shrew, is the most common shrew, and one of the most common mammals, throughout Northern...
The Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus) is a shrew species native to South and Southeast Asia that has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List...
was once present in North America. Hedgehogs share distant ancestry with shrews (family Soricidae), with gymnures possibly being the intermediate link,...
Kashmir pygmyshrew (S. planiceps) – India and Pakistan Tibetan shrew (S. thibetanus) – endemic to China Subgenus Otisorex – mostly North American shrews with...
The Egyptian pygmyshrew or sacred shrew (Crocidura religiosa) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Egypt. Its natural habitat...
The Arctic shrew (Sorex arcticus), also known as the blackback shrew or saddlebacked shrew, is a medium-sized shrew found in Canada and the northern United...
The pygmyshrew tenrec (Microgale parvula) is a species of placental mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat...
The Bamenda pygmyshrew (Sylvisorex silvanorum) is a terrestrial species of shrew described by Hutterer, Riegert and Sedláček in 2009. It was first discovered...
Solenodontidae), the desmans, moles, and shrew-like moles (family Talpidae) and true shrews (family Soricidae). True shrews, talpids and solenodons were formerly...
family Talpidae (/ˈtælpɪdiː/) includes the moles (some of whom are called shrew moles and desmans) who are small insectivorous mammals of the order Eulipotyphla...
shrew mole and least shrew mole. It is not closely related to the Asian shrew mole (Uropsilus in Urotrichini). The reason that it is called a "shrew mole"...
The North American least shrew (Cryptotis parva) is one of the smallest mammals, growing to be only up to 3 inches long. It has a long pointed snout and...
Christmas Island shrew (Crocidura trichura), also known as the Christmas Island musk-shrew is an extremely rare or possibly extinct shrew from Christmas...
The Caucasian pygmyshrew or Ukrainian shrew (Sorex volnuchini) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia...
Erinaceids are generally shrew-like in form, with long snouts and short tails. They are, however, much larger than shrews, ranging from 10–15 cm (4–6 in)...
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