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Genus of mammals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The genus Blarina, commonly called short-tailed shrews, is a genus of relatively large shrews with relatively short tails found in North America.
American short-tailed shrews[1] Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent | |
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Southern short-tailed shrew (Blarina carolinensis) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Soricidae |
Tribe: | Blarinini |
Genus: | Blarina Gray, 1838 |
Type species | |
Corsira (Blarina) talpoides [1] | |
Species | |
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They have 32 teeth and are in the red-toothed shrew subfamily. They generally have dark fur and thick feet. The saliva of these animals is toxic and is used to subdue prey.[2]
Species are:[1]
Short-tailed shrews are one of the animal reservoirs of the agents of Lyme disease and human babesiosis.[5]
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