short-tailed shrew

American  

noun

1. a grayish-black shrew, Blarina brevicauda, common in eastern North America, that has a tail less than half the length of the body.

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short-tailed shrew

For example, the northern short-tailed shrew weighs roughly the same amount as the greater horseshoe bat.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 31, 2023

Another venomous mammal among the solenodon’s relatives, the northern short-tailed shrew, also has kallikreins in its venom.

From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2019

On several occasions when a short-tailed shrew was caught in the same pitfall with ant-eating frogs, it was found to have killed and eaten them.

From Field Study of Kansas Ant-Eating Frog by Fitch, Henry S.

The Helming boys trapped a short-tailed shrew and also house mice and a white-footed mouse in the basement of their house.

From The Mammals of Warren Woods, Berrien County, Michigan Occasional Paper of the Museum of Zoology, Number 86 by Dice, Lee Raymond

More voles and a short-tailed shrew were taken on later days.

From The Mammals of Warren Woods, Berrien County, Michigan Occasional Paper of the Museum of Zoology, Number 86 by Dice, Lee Raymond