Last autumn, I was canoeing in a quiet saltwater cove on the Maine coast when I realized I had a tiny stowaway onboard. A masked shrew (Sorex cinereus, also called the cinereus or common shrew) was ...
The Maryland shrew, Sorex fontinalis Hollister, was designated as a subspecies of the masked shrew, Sorex cinereus Kerr, by Poole in 1937 on the basis of his examination of a series of recently ...
Nine species of shrews are found in a wide swath over Washington state, from sea level to mountain meadows.They are the state’s smallest mammals — the tiniest, the pygmy shrew, is the size of a thumb ...
Newly published research shows that the masked shrew, a small, mole-like mammal found in the Appalachian Mountains, shrinks its body and braincase to conserve energy during winter months. Newly ...
Dr. Bryan McLean and undergraduate Leo Ivey in the biology department use UNCG's Micro-CT scanner to image masked shrews, a small insectivorous mammal from western North Carolina and widespread in ...
In the Maine woodlands there are vicious, violent, savage mammals. I’m happy to say that these are small mammals — not lions or wolves. Two such mammals are the short-tailed weasel (in winter called ...
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