Red-toothed shrews

Soricinae sp.
Shrew (Soricidae)

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A small mouse-like with a large pointed snout. The back is dark and the belly is lighter coloured. The long tail is slightly hairy. The sharp teeth and molars have orange-red tips. The ears are under the coat and are often difficult to see. 

They mainly eat insects and other small animals such as spiders and worms and sometimes bait. All red-toothed shrews eat a lot and often, sometimes up to 1.5, their own body weight per day. Shrew mice mothers take their young in a row where each bites the end of the one in front. 

⇔ hbl. 4-9 cm, tl. 3-6 cm 

The SORICIDAE family has two subfamilies in Europe that are distinguished by the colour of the teeth. The SORICINAE (Red-toothed shrews) has 2 genera. The genus SOREX has many different species that are all very similar, the most common are SOREX ARANEUS (Common shrew), SOREX CORONATUS (crowned shrew), SOREX ALPINUS (Alpine shrew) and SOREX MINUTUS (Pygmy shrew). The NEOMYS genus also has the same characteristics, they live in and around the water throughout Europe. The best known are NEOMYS FODIENS (water shrew) and NEOMYS ANOMALUS (Marsh shrew) 

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≈ The subfamily CROCIDURINAE (white-toothed shrews) have white teeth and their ears are clearly visible. Again, there are 2 genera that are very similar.

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