Northern Short-tailed Shrew
Blarina brevicauda
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderSoricomorpha
- FamilySoricidae (Shrews)
- GenusBlarina (Short-tailed Shrews)
- SpeciesBlarina brevicauda (Northern Short-tailed Shrew)
Closest Relatives at Shenandoah National Park
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Riding Mountain National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Point Pelee National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 6 | Voyageurs National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Cape Breton Highlands National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Northern Short-tailed Shrew in Shenandoah National Park?
About 11% of visitor-days record a Northern Short-tailed Shrew sighting in Shenandoah National Park, based on 34 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Northern Short-tailed Shrew in Shenandoah National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Northern Short-tailed Shrew in Shenandoah National Park in our monthly data.