Blarina

• Northern Short-tailed Shrew Blarina brevicaudus

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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.

• Everglades Short-tailed Shrew Blarina peninsulae

  This short-tailed shrew is associated with the Florida peninsula. Its coat is described as gray, short and soft, with a short tail. Its separation from close relatives has been debated, and sources differ in how they treat the name.

• Sherman's Short-tailed Shrew Blarina shermani

  This short-tailed shrew is known from a restricted area of southwestern Florida. The current MDD lists it as a living, valid species, and the HMW account summarizes records from grassy wetland margins and flatwoods.

• Southern Short-tailed Shrew Blarina carolinensis

  

  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

  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.

• Northern Short-tailed Shrew Blarina brevicaudus

  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.