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Blarina brevicauda
mole shrew, Northern Short-tailed Shrew, short-tailed shrew
Minute Man National Historical Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Abundant

Scientific Name with Authority:		Blarina brevicauda (Say, 1823)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Subclass Theria, Order Eulipotyphla, Family Soricidae, Genus Blarina, Species Blarina brevicauda


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		MA: S5
Evidence:		0 Observations, 23 Vouchers, 2 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site	Antietam National Battlefield
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Arkansas Post National Memorial	Assateague Island National Seashore
Big Cypress National Preserve	Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
Blue Ridge Parkway	Bluestone National Scenic River
Booker T. Washington National Monument	Buffalo National River
Canaveral National Seashore	Cape Cod National Seashore
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site	Catoctin Mountain Park
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park	Colonial National Historical Park
Congaree National Park	Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Effigy Mounds National Monument	Eisenhower National Historic Site
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site	Everglades National Park
Fort Donelson National Battlefield	Fort Dupont Park
Fort Necessity National Battlefield	Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Gateway National Recreation Area	Gauley River National Recreation Area
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	George Washington Memorial Parkway
Gettysburg National Military Park	Grand Portage National Monument
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Greenbelt Park
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site	Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
Homestead National Historical Park	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site	Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
Hot Springs National Park	Indiana Dunes National Park
Johnstown Flood National Memorial	Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site	Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Little River Canyon National Preserve	Mammoth Cave National Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas	Missouri National Recreational River
Monocacy National Battlefield	Moores Creek National Battlefield
Morristown National Historical Park	National Capital Parks-East
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	Niobrara National Scenic River
Obed Wild and Scenic River	Oxon Run National Parkway
Pea Ridge National Military Park	Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Pipestone National Monument	Piscataway Park
Prince William Forest Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park	Russell Cave National Monument
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park	Saratoga National Historical Park
Shenandoah National Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Stones River National Battlefield	Suitland Parkway
Thomas Stone National Historic Site	Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
Valley Forge National Historical Park	Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
Voyageurs National Park	Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts


Last Modified Date:	1/4/2005

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/1/2025 4:48:39 PM

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NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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