Common Shrew
Sorex araneus
Also known as: Eurasian Shrew, Eurasian Common Shrew, European Shrew, Musaraigne Carrelet, Musarana Bicolor
Habitat
Ground
Diet
Invertebrate
Active Time
Diurnal
Size
10 g
LCMammaliaSoricomorphaSoricidae
Seasonal Activity
32,289 sightings · 2000–2026
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Soricomorpha
- Family
- Soricidae
Traits
- Diet
- Invertebrate
- Foraging
- Ground
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Body mass
- 10 g
- Home range
- 0 ha
Photo
(c) Graham Clarkson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Graham Clarkson
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Occurrence data from GBIF.