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Northern short-tailed shrew

Blarina brevicauda
Izenari buruz: The species name brevicauda comes from the Latin words brevis and cauda, meaning "short tail".1
KaltegabeaKaltegabea pertsonentzat. Ez dago kezkatzeko ezer.
Ugaztun pozoitsuak KoskaJaten du: Intsektuak
Arriskua pertsonentzat: ArinaErle-ziztada bat bezala edo gutxiago. Ia kaltegabea pertsonentzat.

The northern short-tailed shrew is a small, very active mammal that lives in eastern and central North America. It is one of the few venomous mammals, and it uses venom in its saliva to paralyse the animals it hunts. It is also a voracious eater that can eat up to three times its own weight in food each day.1

Non bizi den
Central and eastern North America, from southern Saskatchewan to Atlantic Canada, south to northern Arkansas and Georgia1
Ipar Amerika
Hasiera
It lives in grasslands, old fields, fencerows, marshy areas, and deciduous and coniferous forests, and it also uses household gardens. It prefers places that are moist, with leaf litter or thick plant cover. It tunnels below ground, through leaf litter, or at the boundary between snow and ground.1
Luzera
11 cm eta 14 cm artean (4,3 in eta 5,5 in artean)1
Pisua
15 g eta 30 g artean (0,5 oz eta 1,1 oz artean)1
Abiadura handiena
4 km/h inguru (2,5 mph)
Lehorrean, kalkulu gutxi gorabeherakoa
Zer jaten du?
It is mostly carnivorous and prefers insects such as beetles, earthworms, voles, snails, and other shrews. It also eats salamanders, frogs, snakes, birds, and mice, and it mostly hunts within a few hours after sunset. It often hoards food, storing about 87% of the prey it catches.1
Benetan!Argazkia: Northern short-tailed shrew
Northern short-tailed shrew. Argazkia: Gilles Gonthier. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Nola ezagutu

  • Thick, velvety fur on the back that is black, brownish black, or silvery grey1
  • Underside fur a little lighter and greyer than the back1
  • A very short tail, less than 25% of its total length1
  • Summer coat is shorter and paler than the winter coat1

Pozoi-ahalmena

Koska

Pozoia letaginetatik edo hortzetatik ateratzen da kosk egiten duenean.

Zer egiten du bere pozoiak?

Its saliva contains a kallikrein-like protease, a toxin that paralyses and subdues prey. The toxin is strong enough to kill small animals, including some somewhat larger than the shrew itself. In people, it causes painful bites when they handle the shrew.1

Zein arriskutsua da pertsonentzat?

Arriskua pertsonentzat: ArinaErle-ziztada bat bezala edo gutxiago. Ia kaltegabea pertsonentzat.

Its bites are painful to people who try to handle it.1

Zer egiten du beldurtzen denean?

Its scent glands produce a musky odour that deters mammalian carnivores.1

Kosk egiten badu

  • Garbitu zauria ondo eta lortu mediku-laguntza.

Deitu beti lehenik zure larrialdi-zenbakira (112, 000, 911). Lehen sorospenei buruzko orientabide orokorra da hau, ez mediku-aholkua. Lehen sorospenen oinarriak

Egon seguru

  • Ez ukitu, ez harrapatu eta ez zirikatu inoiz animalia basati bat, txikia izan arren, eta lo edo hilda dagoela badirudi ere.
  • Utzi tartea. Bat aurkitzen baduzu, egon lasai, egin atzera poliki eta utzi bere bidetik joaten.
  • Batek kosk egiten badizu: egon lasai, egon geldi, deitu zure larrialdi-zenbakira (112, 000, 911) edo joan ospitalera azkar. Gogoratu nolakoa zen, argazki batek laguntzen du.

Ez dabil zure atzetik. Pozoia janaria harrapatzeko edo bere burua babesteko erabiltzen du, eta askoz nahiago du ezkutatu. Seguru egoteari buruz gehiago

Zein handia da?

Zein luzea da?

Northern short-tailed shrew 14 cm inguru luze (5,5 in)Klip bat 3 cm inguru (1,2 in)Telefono adimendun bat 15 cm inguru (5,9 in)

Zein astuna da?

30 klip bezain astuna
4 eraikuntza-bloke ilaran jarrita bezain luzea100 metro 90 segundotan egin litzake (gizakirik azkarrenak 9,6 behar ditu)

Zein handia da Northern short-tailed shrew ZUREKIN alderatuta?

Matematika hutsa zure nabigatzailean. Ez da ezer gordetzen, ezta inora bidaltzen ere.

Zein azkarra da?

jakin beharrekoa

Datuak

1

It is one of the few venomous mammals, and its saliva is used to subdue prey.1

2

It can eat up to three times its own weight in food each day.1

3

It is thought to have a poor sense of smell and very limited vision, so it uses echolocation and a fine sense of touch instead.1

4

Its winter food intake is 43% higher than in summer, because it must work harder to keep its body warm.1

5

Its nests can be up to 20 cm across and lined with leaves or vole fur, and its waste is kept in a separate latrine area.1

Pozoi-adituentzat

Izen zientifikoa
Blarina brevicauda
Taldea
Ugaztun pozoitsuak
Familia
Soricidae2
Ordena
Eulipotyphla
Kontinenteak
Ipar Amerika
Kumeak
Females usually have two litters a season, each with six to eight young. The young are born hairless and blind, weighing less than a gram.1
Nola dagoen naturan
Least Concern1
Arriskua pertsonentzat
1 / 5: Arina3

Datuak nondik datozen

  1. Northern short-tailed shrew (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Blarina brevicauda (iNaturalist): izenak eta sailkapena.
  3. Venom Wiki: arrisku-maila, ohiko tamaina eta abiadura-kalkulua geureak dira. Ikusi nola kalkulatzen ditugun: Nola baloratzen dugun arriskua.

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