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 * __Masked Shrew __ **




 * General Information

__Size:__ L. 1 3/4 -2 1/4 ( 4.5 - 5.5 cm) Height: 1-2 inches (2.5 - 5 cm)

__Lifespan:__ 1- 2 years

__Offspring:__ 5- 7 offspring 2 - 3 times per year

__Gestation:__ 18 days **

So where is the Masked Shrew in __Minnesota__?



EVERYWHERE!

Important Information
 * Shrew is a common name for the small, insectivorous mammals of the family Soricidae.
 * They are terrestrial and nocturnal, mostly living under vegetation; some occupy the burrows of other small animals.
 * They are hardly above the ground.

 __Identifying!__ 
 * body size and characteristics of the teeth in the upper jaw.
 * <span style="color: #b61636; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">The masked shrew is about 10 cm long from nose to tail and has five single-cusped teeth (like human eye teeth) in the upper jaw.
 * <span style="color: #b61636; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Its larger size and five single-cusped teeth instead of three, separates this shrew from the pigmy shrew.

__Differences between the Masked Shrew and the other Shrews!__
 * <span style="color: #df7820; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">its bigger than the pygmy shrew.
 * <span style="color: #df7820; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">its smaller than the water, and acrtic shrew.
 * <span style="color: #df7820; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">has a distinctive nose.
 * <span style="color: #ef7f1f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">dark gray back with golden yellow and a white stomach.

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SOURCES! __

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