MAMMALS OF OHIO f i e l d g u i d e
MAMMALS OF OHIO f i e l d g u i d e
MAMMALS OF OHIO f i e l d g u i d e
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INSECTIVORA<br />
description<br />
Uniformly dull brown except for a<br />
bicolored tail that is yellowish below<br />
and brown above. Its feet are pale in<br />
color.<br />
habitat<br />
Smoky shrews generally live in<br />
the leaf litter of birch and hemlock<br />
forests.<br />
reproduction<br />
After a gestation period of three<br />
weeks, two to seven naked, blind<br />
young are born in the spring.<br />
Another litter may be produced later<br />
in the summer.<br />
did you know?<br />
Smoky shrews travel and forage in<br />
underground tunnel systems, but<br />
they usually nest in stumps or logs.<br />
Smoky Shrew<br />
© Gary Meszaros<br />
Sorex fumeus<br />
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