. [Collected reprints, 1912-1919. Mammals; Mammals; Birds. 424 Field Museum of Natural History — ZoOlogy, Vol. XL. Short-tailed Shrew {Blarina brevicattda). The Short-tailed Shrew occurs commonly throughout Wisconsin and northern Illinois, but it apparently intergrades with the smaller, southern race, B. brevicauda carolinensis, in the central part of the latter state. The average measurements, as given by Wood, of 39 specimens from Warren, Iroquois and Champaign counties are as follows: Total length, in. (113 mm.); tail vertebras, .90 in. ( mm.). The Short-tailed Shrew, or Mole Shre
. [Collected reprints, 1912-1919. Mammals; Mammals; Birds. 424 Field Museum of Natural History — ZoOlogy, Vol. XL. Short-tailed Shrew {Blarina brevicattda). The Short-tailed Shrew occurs commonly throughout Wisconsin and northern Illinois, but it apparently intergrades with the smaller, southern race, B. brevicauda carolinensis, in the central part of the latter state. The average measurements, as given by Wood, of 39 specimens from Warren, Iroquois and Champaign counties are as follows: Total length, in. (113 mm.); tail vertebras, .90 in. ( mm.). The Short-tailed Shrew, or Mole Shrew as it is often called, makes its home under decayed logs and old piles of brush. It constructs tunnels and runways under leaves, moss and in loose soil, the bur- rows usually being shallow and near the surface of the ground. It is both nocturnal and diurnal and its food consists largely of slugs, worms and insects of various kinds, but it also eats flesh of other ani- mals and does not hesitate to attack a Mouse larger than itself. Ac- cording to Prof. E. D. Cope a Shrew has been known to attack and kill a snake two feet in length. He says: "I recently placed a water-snake (Tropidonotus sipedon) of two feet in length, in a fernery which was inhabited by a shrew, either a large Blarina carolinensis or a small Blarina talpoides. The snake was vigorous when placed in the case in the afternoon and bit at everything within reach. The next morn- ing the glass sides of his prison were streaked with dirt and other. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cory, Charles B. (Charles Barney), 1857-1921. s. l. , s. n.
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