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Northern short-tailed shrew

Blarina brevicauda
Ci turam: The species name brevicauda comes from the Latin words brevis and cauda, meaning "short tail".1
Amul lorAmul lor ci nit. Amul lu la war a jaaxal.
Rab yuy nàmpal yu am daŋar Dafay màttDafay lekk: Gunóor
Musiba ci nit: WoyofNi jamu yamb walla lu ko yées. Lu jege, amul lor ci nit.

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

Dafay dund ci
Central and eastern North America, from southern Saskatchewan to Atlantic Canada, south to northern Arkansas and Georgia1
Amerig gu Bëj-gànnaar
Kër
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
Guddaay
11 cm ba 14 cm (4,3 in ba 5,5 in)1
Diisaay
15 g ba 30 g (0,5 oz ba 1,1 oz)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 4 km/h (2,5 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
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
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Northern short-tailed shrew
Northern short-tailed shrew. Foto: Gilles Gonthier. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • 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

Kàttanu daŋar

Dafay màtt

Daŋar bi dafay génn ci bëñam yi su màttee.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

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

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: WoyofNi jamu yamb walla lu ko yées. Lu jege, amul lor ci nit.

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

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

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

Su màttee

  • Raxas gaañu-gaañu bi bu baax te wutal ndimbal doktoor.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

  • Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
  • May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
  • Su benn màttee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.

Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Northern short-tailed shrew guddaayam lu tollu ci 14 cm (5,5 in)Ab trombone lu tollu ci 3 cm (1,2 in)Ab smartphone lu tollu ci 15 cm (5,9 in)

Ni mu diise?

diis na ni 30 trombone
guddu na ni 4 bloku tabax yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 90 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

Northern short-tailed shrew ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.

Ni mu gaawe?

baax na xam

Xibaar

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

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Blarina brevicauda
Mbooloo
Rab yuy nàmpal yu am daŋar
Njaboot
Soricidae2
Toftal
Eulipotyphla
Kontinaa yi
Amerig gu Bëj-gànnaar
Liir yi
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
Ni mu nekke ci àll bi
Least Concern1
Musiba ci nit
1 / 5: Woyof3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Northern short-tailed shrew (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Blarina brevicauda (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.

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