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Pygmy Shrew Description Distinguishing Features - Overall colouration, reddy-brown above with grayish or brownish underparts. Snout, long; legs, short; feet, clawed.
Habitat Common throughout Northwestern Ontario in mixedwood environments, bogs and wet fields. Diet The pygmy shrew feeds mainly on insect larvae, beetles, spiders and carrion. Notes The pygmy shrew spends much of its life burrowing and foraging underground where it has few enemies. Above ground it often falls prey to hawks, owls, snakes and other carnivores. A female will typically produce one litter of 3 to 8 offspring each year. Other common shrews of Northwestern Ontario-
It's difficult to say how many kinds of shrews there are. New species become recognized continually; in North America, more than thirty species have been described, some only in the past few years.
Arctic Shrew Less-common shrew of Northwestern Ontario-
Smoky Shrew - Sorex fumeus Return to Top of Page
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