short-tailed shrew
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short-tailed shrew (shôrt'tāld') 
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n.
Any of various shrews of the genus Blarina and related genera, found in North America and eastern Asia, having much shorter tails and standing higher than the common shrew.
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North American shrew with tail less than half its body length
Synonym: Blarina brevicauda
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| American short-tailed shrews[1] Fossil range: Late Pliocene to Recent |
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 Southern Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina carolinensis)
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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.[2]
The list of species is:[1]
- 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)
References
- ^ a b Hutterer, Rainer (November 16, 2005). Don E. Wilson and DeeAnn M. Reeder. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 269-270. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
- ^ 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:. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15843162&dopt=Abstract.
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