Blarina

American short-tailed shrews; Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent
	Southern Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina carolinensis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Soricidae
Subfamily:	Soricinae
Tribe:	Blarinini
Genus:	Blarina; Gray, 1838
Species
	B. brevicauda; B. carolinensis; B. hylophaga; B. peninsulae;

The genus Blarina is a group of relatively large shrews with relatively short tails found in North America. They have 32 teeth and are in the red-toothed shrew subfamily.

They generally have dark fur and thick feet. The saliva of these animals is toxic and is used to subdue prey.^[2]

The list of species is:^[1]

Northern short-tailed shrew B. brevicauda
Southern short-tailed shrew B. carolinensis
Elliot's short-tailed shrew B. hylophaga
Everglades short-tailed shrew B. peninsulae

Ecoepidemiology

Short-tailed shrews are one of the animal-reservoirs of the agents of Lyme disease and human babesiosis.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 269–270. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ Kita M, Okumura Y, Ohdachi SD, Oba Y, Yoshikuni M, Nakamura Y, Kido H, Uemura D. (February 2005). "Purification and characterisation of blarinasin, a new tissue kallikrein-like protease from the short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda: comparative studies with blarina toxin". Biological chemistry. 386 (2): 177–82. doi:10.1515/BC.2005.022. PMID 15843162.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Telford III, S. R., Mather, T. N., Adler, G. H., & Spielman, A. (1990). Short-tailed shrews as reservoirs of the agents of Lyme disease and human babesiosis. The Journal of parasitology, 681-683 (abstract)

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[msw3-1] Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 269–270. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[2] Kita M, Okumura Y, Ohdachi SD, Oba Y, Yoshikuni M, Nakamura Y, Kido H, Uemura D. (February 2005). "Purification and characterisation of blarinasin, a new tissue kallikrein-like protease from the short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda: comparative studies with blarina toxin". Biological chemistry. 386 (2): 177–82. doi:10.1515/BC.2005.022. PMID 15843162.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[3] Telford III, S. R., Mather, T. N., Adler, G. H., & Spielman, A. (1990). Short-tailed shrews as reservoirs of the agents of Lyme disease and human babesiosis. The Journal of parasitology, 681-683 (abstract)

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