Vagrant Shrew

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Sorex vagrans

Vagrant Shrew, a reference photo
Photo: Garth Harwood · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

The vagrant shrew (Sorex vagrans), also known as the wandering shrew, is a medium-sized North American shrew. At one time, the montane shrew and the Orizaba long-tailed shrew were considered to belong to the same species.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Vagrant Shrew being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Eulipotyphla
Family
Soricidae
Genus
Sorex
Species
Sorex vagrans

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