American short-tailed shrew

The genus Blarina is a group of relatively large shrews with relatively short tails found in North America. They have 32 teeth and are in the red-toothed shrew subfamily.

They generally have dark fur and thick feet. The saliva of these animals is toxic and is used to subdue prey.

The list of species is:

Northern short-tailed shrew B. brevicauda
Southern short-tailed shrew B. carolinensis
Elliot's short-tailed shrew B. hylophaga
Everglades short-tailed shrew B. peninsulae
^ a b Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 269–270. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ Kita M, Okumura Y, Ohdachi SD, Oba Y, Yoshikuni M, Nakamura Y, Kido H, Uemura D (February 2005). "Purification and characterisation of blarinasin, a new tissue kallikrein-like protease from the short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda: comparative studies with blarina toxin". Biological chemistry. 386 (2): 177–82. doi:10.1515/BC.2005.022. PMID 15843162.
Ecoepidemiology

Short-tailed shrews are one of the animal-reservoirs of the agents of Lyme disease and human babesiosis.


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