{"id":536,"date":"2012-06-19T14:07:07","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T18:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/209.240.158.253\/wordpress\/?p=536"},"modified":"2022-10-05T11:28:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T15:28:29","slug":"masked-shrew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northwoodscenter.org\/wordpress\/masked-shrew\/","title":{"rendered":"Masked Shrew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Sorex cinereus<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/www.northwoodscenter.org\/smaspecies\/images\/maskedshrew.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" border=\"0\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo credit: www.mnh.si.edu<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>ID<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Grayish brown upper parts with lighter underparts<\/li>\n<li>Tail is bicolored with dark brownish gray on top and a yellowish brown on the bottom<\/li>\n<li>Smaller and browner than the Smoky Shrew (Whitaker)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Distribution<\/h2>\n<div><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.northwoodscenter.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/S.-cinereus.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload none\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27150%27%20height%3D%27150%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20150%20150%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27150%27%20height%3D%27150%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.northwoodscenter.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/S.-cinereus-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Reproduction<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Breeding occurs between early spring and early fall (Whitaker)<\/li>\n<li>Gestation lasts about 18 days (Audubon)<\/li>\n<li>Litter size numbers between 4 and 10 young<\/li>\n<li>Females usually have 3 litters per year (Whitaker)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Behavior<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Active all hours of the day, but more so at night<\/li>\n<li>Do not hibernate<\/li>\n<li>Use rodent runs and move beneath leaves, logs, and through moss runways (Whitaker)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Food Habits<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Tiny mollusks, insects, especially ants, caterpillars, beetle grubs, slugs, snails, and spiders, annelids, dead bodies of larger animals<\/li>\n<li>Plants eaten in dire need (Whitaker)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Size\/Life Cycle<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Average measurements: 71-111 mm (total length), 25-50 g (total weight) (Whitaker)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Predators<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Owls, hawks, shrikes, herons, predatory mammals, some fish (Whitaker)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Habitat<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Wide variety of environments as long as there is a good amount of moisture (Whitaker)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorex cinereus ID Grayish brown upper parts with lighter underparts Tail is bicolored with dark 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