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Northern short-tailed shrew

Blarina brevicauda

Tentang namanya: The species name brevicauda comes from the Latin words brevis and cauda, meaning "short tail".1

Tidak berbahayaTidak berbahaya bagi manusia. Tidak perlu khawatir.

Mamalia berbisa

GigitanMakan: Serangga

Bahaya bagi manusia: RinganSeperti sengatan lebah atau lebih ringan. Pada dasarnya tidak berbahaya bagi manusia.

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

Hidup di

Central and eastern North America, from southern Saskatchewan to Atlantic Canada, south to northern Arkansas and Georgia1

Amerika Utara

Beranda

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

Panjang

11 cm sampai 14 cm (4,3 in sampai 5,5 in)1

Berat

15 g sampai 30 g (0,5 oz sampai 1,1 oz)1

Kecepatan tertinggi

sekitar 4 km/jam (2,5 mph)

Di darat, perkiraan kasar

Apa makanannya?

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

Foto Northern short-tailed shrew — Northern short-tailed shrew. Foto: Gilles Gonthier. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Cara mengenalinya

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

Kekuatan bisa

Gigitan

Bisanya keluar lewat taring atau gigi saat menggigit.

Apa efek bisanya?

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

Seberapa berbahaya bagi manusia?

Bahaya bagi manusia: RinganSeperti sengatan lebah atau lebih ringan. Pada dasarnya tidak berbahaya bagi manusia.

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

Apa yang dilakukannya saat takut?

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

Jika ia menggigit

Cuci luka sampai bersih dan cari bantuan medis.

Selalu hubungi nomor darurat dulu (112, 000, 911). Ini panduan pertolongan pertama umum, bukan nasihat medis. Dasar-dasar pertolongan pertama

Tetap aman

Jangan pernah menyentuh, menangkap, atau mengganggu hewan liar, walaupun kecil, dan walaupun tampak tidur atau mati.
Beri ia ruang. Jika bertemu, tetap tenang, mundur perlahan, dan biarkan ia pergi.
Jika ia menggigitmu: tetap tenang, jangan bergerak, hubungi nomor darurat (112, 000, 911) atau segera ke rumah sakit. Ingat seperti apa rupanya, foto sangat membantu.

Ia tidak mengincarmu. Ia memakai bisanya untuk menangkap makanan atau melindungi diri, dan ia jauh lebih suka bersembunyi. Lebih lanjut tentang tetap aman

Di mana di dunia?

Afrika Asia Eropa Amerika Utara Amerika Selatan Australia dan Oseania

Seberapa besar dia?

Seberapa panjang dia?

Seberapa berat dia?

seberat 30 penjepit kertas

sepanjang 4 balok mainan yang dijajarkanbisa menempuh 100 meter dalam 90 detik (manusia tercepat butuh 9,6)

Seberapa besar Northern short-tailed shrew dibandingkan KAMU?

Hanya hitungan di browsermu. Tidak ada yang disimpan atau dikirim ke mana pun.

Seberapa cepat dia?

Kura-kura darat sekitar 0,3 km/jam (0,19 mph)

Northern short-tailed shrew sekitar 4 km/jam (2,5 mph)

Orang yang berjalan sekitar 5 km/jam (3,1 mph)

layak diketahui

Fakta

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

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

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

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

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

Untuk ahli bisa

Nama ilmiah: Blarina brevicauda
Kelompok: Mamalia berbisa
Keluarga: Soricidae2
Urutan: Eulipotyphla
Benua: Amerika Utara
Anak: 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
Bagaimana keadaannya di alam liar: Least Concern1
Bahaya bagi manusia: 1 / 5: Ringan3

Dari mana faktanya berasal

Northern short-tailed shrew (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Blarina brevicauda (iNaturalist): nama dan klasifikasi.
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