#0399 · 🦊 mammals

Masked Shrew

🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Gemaskerde Spitsmuis ·Sorex cinereus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © whitemudwayne · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Ty Smith · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © crgillette · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © whitemudwayne · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Dan MacNeal · CC BY 4.0
6. © er-birds · CC BY 4.0
7. Kingston, ON, Canada:© Owen Strickland · CC BY 4.0
8. Ontonagon County, US-MI, US:© Dr. Ryne D. Rutherford · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 1000 Arlberg Ave, Girdwood, AK 99587, USA:© Phil Chaon · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Anchor Point, AK, USA:© R. Hoffman · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The cinereous shrew or masked shrew ( Sorex cinereus ) is a small shrew found in Alaska, Canada and the northern United States. This is the most widely distributed shrew in North America, where it is also known as the common shrew .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,102iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,102 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Robert Kerr in 1792 (234 years ago).