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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Chordates
  4. Mammals
  5. Hedgehogs, Shrews and Relatives
  6. Shrews, Moles, and Hedgehogs

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Shrews, Moles, and Hedgehogs

Erinaceota

Includes
18 native 1 introduced 3 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Shrews 10 native
  • Moles and Desmans 8 native
  • Hedgehogs and Gymnures

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native shrews, moles, and hedgehogs All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Northern Short-tailed Shrew Blarina brevicauda 17,160 observations
  • Eastern Mole Scalopus aquaticus 5,536 observations
  • Masked Shrew Sorex cinereus 2,980 observations
  • Star-nosed Mole Condylura cristata 2,437 observations
  • Northern Broad-footed Mole Scapanus latimanus 1,967 observations
  • American Shrewmole Neurotrichus gibbsii 1,955 observations
  • Hairy-tailed Mole Parascalops breweri 1,923 observations
  • Coast Mole Scapanus orarius 1,493 observations
  • North American Least Shrew Cryptotis parvus 1,242 observations
  • Southern Short-tailed Shrew Blarina carolinensis 1,196 observations
  • Vagrant Shrew Sorex vagrans 576 observations
  • Trowbridge's Shrew Sorex trowbridgii 423 observations
  • Townsend's Mole Scapanus townsendii 226 observations
  • Smoky Shrew Sorex fumeus 224 observations
  • Ornate Shrew Sorex ornatus 183 observations
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