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Least Shrew

Cryptotis parva

Photo by AshleyT
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Field Notes

Description:

A small, brown mammal that doesn't exceed 3 inches. There is a pointed snout, and the eyes and ears are very reduced.

Habitat:

Caught in a pit fall trap for my Master's research, light oak forested area.

Notes:

This guy was deceased in my trap when I went to check it :( My traps are checked every day, there was a cover board to protect the animals from the sun, and there was a wet sponge in the trap to keep the humidity up. I just think this guy was so little that he couldn't handle much, and the heat just got to him or something. He was the only vertebrate trap mortality I had all summer :/

Reference Links:

North American least shrew

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Comments (9)
auntdiane15
thanks. I'm new here. You were the first thing i clicked on. Thanks for the schooling.
AshleyT
If you read the link I provided as a reference or read the common name you can answer that one for yourself :)
AshleyT
I know, Gilma. It was really sad, I had never seen one before either :/
AshleyT
No, it's full grown. And my description says where I found it

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PublishedAugust 25, 2013

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