#0030 · 🦊 mammals

Common Shrew

🇳🇱 Bosspitsmuis ·Sorex araneus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in the Netherlands

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The common shrew ( Sorex araneus ) or Eurasian shrew is the most common shrew, and one of the most common mammals, throughout Northern Europe, including Great Britain, but excluding Ireland. 4 oz), and has velvety dark brown fur with a pale underside. Juvenile shrews have lighter fur until their first moult. The common shrew has small eyes, a pointed, mobile...

base stats

NL sightings 29iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,942iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 29 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #31 most seen of the mammals in NL.
7,942 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).