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title: "Smoky Shrew"
description: "Sorex fumeus — Mamíferos. The smoky shrew (Sorex fumeus) is a medium-sized North American shrew found in eastern Canada and the northeastern United States and further south along the Appalachian Mountains."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/smoky-shrew
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Smoky Shrew

> Sorex fumeus — Mamíferos. The smoky shrew (Sorex fumeus) is a medium-sized North American shrew found in eastern Canada and the northeastern United States and further south along the Appalachian Mountains.

- Scientific name: *Sorex fumeus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque)
- iNaturalist observations: 224
- Wikidata: [Q1769712](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1769712)
- iNaturalist taxon: [46433](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/46433)

## Names

- en: Smoky Shrew
- de: Villa-Spitzmaus
- fr: Musaraigne fuligineuse
- nl: Rookspitsmuis

## Countries with the most observations

US (86), CA (53)

## Summary

The smoky shrew (Sorex fumeus) is a medium-sized North American shrew found in eastern Canada and the northeastern United States and further south along the Appalachian Mountains.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoky_shrew

## Photo

![Smoky Shrew](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/smoky-shrew/medium.jpg)

Photo: Bev McBride · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48004252

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/smoky-shrew?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).