Long-tailed Shrews

Sorex

Long-tailed shrews are tiny, furry animals with long tails. They are very quick and love to scurry around in the grass looking for insects to eat.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

Aussehen

The Long-tailed Shrew has a slender body with dark brown to reddish-brown fur on its back, fading to a lighter grayish-brown underneath. Its most distinguishing feature is a long tail, often as long as its body. It has tiny eyes and a sharply pointed snout.

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Long-tailed Shrews

Kategorie

Säugetiere

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Shrews are not rodents; they are more closely related to moles than to mice!

Some shrews can actually shrink their brains and skulls in winter to save energy!

Their tiny hearts can beat an astonishing 800 times per minute!

They can eat more than their own body weight in food every single day!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Long-tailed Shrews can use high-pitched sounds to 'see' their surroundings in the dark, much like bats.

Long-tailed Shrews have a super-fast metabolism that helps them stay warm and active in cold environments.

Long-tailed Shrews have an excellent sense of smell that helps them locate tasty insects and worms underground.

Maße und Details

Länge: 10-14 cm
Gewicht: 0.003-0.008 kg
Lebenserwartung: 1-2 Jahre
Top Speed: 8 km/h
Wurfgröße: 4-8
Tragzeit: 18-28 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These tiny hunters gobble up insects and other small creatures to fuel their super speedy lives!

Hauptnahrung

Insects
Earthworms
Spiders
Centipedes
Small slugs

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus

A common nocturnal predator of shrews.

eaten by

Least Weasel

Mustela nivalis

A small, agile hunter that preys on shrews.

eats

Common Earthworm

Lumbricus terrestris

A primary food source found in soil.

eats

Ground Beetle

Carabus nemoralis

Shrews actively hunt various species of ground beetles.

Merkmale

Pelzig

Pelzig beschreibt Tiere, die eine dichte Schicht aus weichen Haaren oder Fell besitzen.

Einzelgänger

Einzelgänger leben den größten Teil ihres Lebens allein und interagieren mit Artgenossen nur zur Paarung oder zur Aufzucht der Jungen.

Grasland

Grasland-Lebensräume sind terrestrische Biome, die von Gräsern und krautigen Pflanzen dominiert werden und einer Vielzahl von Weidetieren als Lebensraum dienen.