Friday, October 21, 2016

SMALL SHREW IN SHERBURNE


SMALL SHREW IN SHERBURNE

Donald A. Windsor

A small shrew was found dead by Al Marsters in his Hunts Mountain cabin on 15 October 2016.



It had a body length of 2 inches and a tail length of 1 3/8 inches. As per the table in the previous posting, it was either a Masked or a Pygmy Shrew. I could guess that it was a Pygmy because it did not have a black tip on its tail and it did have long hairs on that tip.

However, this is only a guess, not a positive identification.

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