Short-tailed shrews exhibit the typical pattern of shrew locomotion. They run, stop suddenly, and walk with quick jerky steps. They constantly thrust their ever- twitching snouts under leaves or twigs ...

The masked shrew displays characters typical of all shrews. The slender, cylindrical body has a short, velvety, directionless fur. The long, tapered head ends in a flexible, tubular snout, with the ...

The animals run around a lot—and bite—making it especially hard to get good photos of them. “For every photo that we got in focus, we must have 10 or 20 photos where the shrew is running out ...