Southern Short-tailed Shrew

Blarina carolinensis

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Mammalia · Soricomorpha · Soricidae

The southern short-tailed shrew is a gray, short-tailed shrew that inhabits the eastern United States.

Fun Fact

The southern short-tailed shrew is the smallest shrew in its genus, measuring 7 to 10 cm (3 to 4 in) in total length, and weighing less than 14 g (0.

Habitat

Found primarily in pine forests.

Diet

Diet consists of insects, annelids, hypogeous fungi, slugs and snails, centipedes, and spiders.

Lifespan

To be updated