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Paranourosorex gigas

Paranourosorex gigas

Related animals

  • Taiwanese Mole Shrew Anourosorex yamashinai
    Taiwanese Mole Shrew
    Photo: Pei-Jen Lee Shaner · CC BY-SA 3.0

    The Taiwanese mole shrew has dark, short fur and a very short tail. It uses forest floors and natural cavities underground in middle- and high-elevation forests of Taiwan.

  • Northern Short-tailed Shrew Blarina brevicaudus
    Northern Short-tailed Shrew
    Photo: Jonny Tostenson · CC0 1.0

    This short-tailed shrew ranges from southern Canada into eastern and central parts of the United States. It is most numerous in damp woods and wetlands and makes runways close to the ground.

  • Southern Short-tailed Shrew Blarina carolinensis
    Southern Short-tailed Shrew
    Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · work of the US government: http://cars.er.usgs.gov/pics/paynesprairie/paynes/paynes_33.html · Public domain

    The Southern Short-tailed Shrew is marked by small eyes and a long, mobile snout. It uses moist woodland floor habitat and burrows or surface nests.

  • Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew Blarina hylophaga
    Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew
    Photo: Ryan Donnelly · CC BY 4.0

    This stocky shrew has small eyes and ears hidden in its fur. It stays active year-round and searches for food under leaf litter and in the soil.

Sources

  1. Catalogue of Life 2026-09-25 XR

    Catalogue of Life · 2026-10-13

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