American short-tailed shrew
- American short-tailed shrew
Taxobox
name = American short-tailed shrews[MSW3 Hutterer | pages = 269-270] ]
fossil_range = Late Pliocene to Recent
image_width = 250px
image_caption = Southern Short-tailed Shrew ("Blarina carolinensis")
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Soricomorpha
familia = Soricidae
subfamilia = Soricinae
tribus = Blarinini
genus = "Blarina"
genus_authority = Gray, 1838
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"B. brevicauda"
*"B. carolinensis"
*"B. hylophaga"
*"B. peninsulae"
The genus "Blarina" is a group of relatively large shrews with relatively short tails found in North America. They are red-toothed shrews; species in this group have 32 teeth.
They generally have dark fur and thick feet. The saliva of these animals is toxic and is used to subdue prey. [cite journal | author = Kita M, Okumura Y, Ohdachi SD, Oba Y, Yoshikuni M, Nakamura Y, Kido H, Uemura D. | title = Purification and characterisation of blarinasin, a new tissue kallikrein-like protease from the short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda: comparative studies with blarina toxin | journal = Biological chemistry | url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15843162&dopt=Abstract | volume = 386 | issue = 2 | pages = 177–82 | month = Feb | year = 2005 | doi = 10.1515/BC.2005.022]
The list of species is:
*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
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greater North American short-tailed shrew — trumpauodegis kirstukas statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Blarina brevicauda angl. blarina; greater North American short tailed shrew; mole shrew; northern short tailed shrew; short tailed shrew vok.… … Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas
lesser American short-tailed shrew — paprastasis trumpaausis kirstukas statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Cryptotis parva angl. American least shrew; least shrew; lesser American short tailed shrew; lesser short tailed shrew; little shrew… … Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas
short-tailed shrew — trumpauodegis kirstukas statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Blarina brevicauda angl. blarina; greater North American short tailed shrew; mole shrew; northern short tailed shrew; short tailed shrew vok.… … Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas
lesser short-tailed shrew — paprastasis trumpaausis kirstukas statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Cryptotis parva angl. American least shrew; least shrew; lesser American short tailed shrew; lesser short tailed shrew; little shrew… … Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas
northern short-tailed shrew — trumpauodegis kirstukas statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Blarina brevicauda angl. blarina; greater North American short tailed shrew; mole shrew; northern short tailed shrew; short tailed shrew vok.… … Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas
short-tailed shrew — a grayish black shrew, Blarina brevicauda, common in eastern North America, that has a tail less than half the length of the body. See illus. under shrew. * * * ▪ mammal any of three species of North American insectivores (insectivore) that… … Universalium
short-tailed shrew — noun North American shrew with tail less than half its body length • Syn: ↑Blarina brevicauda • Hypernyms: ↑shrew, ↑shrewmouse • Member Holonyms: ↑Blarina, ↑genus Blarina * * * … Useful english dictionary
Northern Short-tailed Shrew — Northern Short tailed Shrew[1] Conservation status … Wikipedia
Short-tailed — may refer to:In mammalogy:* American short tailed shrew, group of relatively large shrews with relatively short tails found in North America * Elliot s Short tailed Shrew, small, slate grey, short tailed species of shrew * Emilia s Short tailed… … Wikipedia
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