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Northern short-tailed shrew

Blarina brevicauda
Nípa orúkọ náà: The species name brevicauda comes from the Latin words brevis and cauda, meaning "short tail".1
AláìléwuKò léwu fún ènìyàn. Kò sí ohun tó yẹ kí ó dààmú ọ.
Ẹranko afọmúbọ́mọ olóró ÌbùjẹOúnjẹ rẹ̀: Kòkòrò
Ewu fún ènìyàn: Fúyẹ́Bí ìtani oyin tàbí kò tó bẹ́ẹ̀. Kò fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ léwu fún ènìyàn.

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

Ó ń gbé ní
Central and eastern North America, from southern Saskatchewan to Atlantic Canada, south to northern Arkansas and Georgia1
Àríwá Amẹ́ríkà
Ilé
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
Gígùn
11 cm sí 14 cm (4.3 in sí 5.5 in)1
Ìwúwo
15 g sí 30 g (0.5 oz sí 1.1 oz)1
Ìyára gíga jùlọ
nǹkan bí 4 km/h (2.5 mph)
Lórí ilẹ̀, àfojúbù
Kí ni ó máa ń jẹ?
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
Ní tòótọ́!Fọ́tò Northern short-tailed shrew
Northern short-tailed shrew. Fọ́tò: Gilles Gonthier. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Bí o ṣe lè dá a mọ̀

  • 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

Agbára oró

Ìbùjẹ

Oró ń jáde láti inú eyín oró tàbí eyín rẹ̀ nígbà tí ó bá bùjẹ.

Kí ni oró rẹ̀ máa ń ṣe?

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

Báwo ló ṣe léwu tó fún ènìyàn?

Ewu fún ènìyàn: Fúyẹ́Bí ìtani oyin tàbí kò tó bẹ́ẹ̀. Kò fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ léwu fún ènìyàn.

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

Kí ni ó máa ń ṣe nígbà tí ẹ̀rù bá bà á?

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

Bí ó bá bùjẹ

  • Fọ ọgbẹ́ náà dáadáa kí o sì wá ìrànlọ́wọ́ ìṣègùn.

Máa kọ́kọ́ pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ nígbà gbogbo (112, 000, 911). Èyí jẹ́ ìtọ́sọ́nà ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́ gbogbogbò, kì í ṣe ìmọ̀ràn ìṣègùn. Ìpìlẹ̀ ìtọ́jú àkọ́kọ́

Wà láìléwu

  • Má ṣe fọwọ́ kan, mú tàbí yọ ẹranko igbó lẹ́nu láéláé, kódà bí ó bá kéré, kódà bí ó bá dà bí ẹni pé ó ń sùn tàbí ó ti kú.
  • Fún un ní àyè. Bí o bá pàdé ọ̀kan, farabalẹ̀, sẹ́yìn díẹ̀díẹ̀ kí o sì jẹ́ kí ó máa bá ọ̀nà rẹ̀ lọ.
  • Bí ọ̀kan bá bù ọ́ jẹ: farabalẹ̀, má ṣe mira, pe nọ́ńbà pàjáwìrì rẹ (112, 000, 911) tàbí lọ sí ilé ìwòsàn kíákíá. Rántí bí ó ṣe rí, fọ́tò máa ń ṣèrànwọ́.

Kò wá ọ kiri láti ṣe ọ́ léṣe. Ó ń lo oró rẹ̀ láti mú oúnjẹ tàbí láti dáàbò bo ara rẹ̀, ó sì fẹ́ràn láti farapamọ́ jù. Sí i nípa wíwà láìléwu

Báwo ló ṣe tóbi tó?

Báwo ló ṣe gùn tó?

Northern short-tailed shrew gígùn rẹ̀ tó nǹkan bí 14 cm (5.5 in)Pínì ìwé (paper clip) nǹkan bí 3 cm (1.2 in)Fóònù alágbèéká nǹkan bí 15 cm (5.9 in)

Báwo ló ṣe wúwo tó?

ó wúwo tó pínì ìwé 30
ó gùn tó bíríkì ìṣeré 4 tí a tò sí ìlà kanlè sáré mítà 100 ní ìṣẹ́jú-àáyá 90 (ènìyàn tó yára jùlọ nílò 9.6)

Báwo ni Northern short-tailed shrew ṣe tóbi tó tí a bá fi wé ÌWỌ?

Ìṣirò nìkan nínú bráwúsà rẹ. A kò fi ohunkóhun pamọ́, a kò sì fi ránṣẹ́ sí ibikíbi.

Báwo ló ṣe yára tó?

ó yẹ ní mímọ̀

Òtítọ́

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

Fún àwọn amòye oró

Orúkọ sáyẹ́ǹsì
Blarina brevicauda
Ẹgbẹ́
Ẹranko afọmúbọ́mọ olóró
Ìdílé
Soricidae2
Ètò
Eulipotyphla
Àwọn kọ́ńtínẹ́ńtì
Àríwá Amẹ́ríkà
Àwọn ọmọ
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
Bí ó ṣe ń ṣe nínú igbó
Least Concern1
Ewu fún ènìyàn
1 / 5: Fúyẹ́3

Ibi tí àwọn òtítọ́ ti wá

  1. Northern short-tailed shrew (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Blarina brevicauda (iNaturalist): orúkọ àti ìpínsísọ̀rí.
  3. Venom Wiki: ìpele ewu, ìtóbi déédé àti àfojúbù ìyára jẹ́ tiwa. Wo bí a ṣe ń ṣírò wọn: Bí a ṣe ń díwọ̀n ewu.

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