---
title: "Musaraña de Vagrant"
description: "Sorex vagrans — Mamíferos. The vagrant shrew (Sorex vagrans), also known as the wandering shrew, is a medium-sized North American shrew."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/vagrant-shrew
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Musaraña de Vagrant

> Sorex vagrans — Mamíferos. The vagrant shrew (Sorex vagrans), also known as the wandering shrew, is a medium-sized North American shrew.

- Scientific name: *Sorex vagrans*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 581
- Wikidata: [Q1769720](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1769720)
- iNaturalist taxon: [46348](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/46348)

## Names

- en: Vagrant Shrew
- de: Wanderspitzmaus
- es: Musaraña de Vagrant
- fr: Musaraigne errante
- nl: West-Amerikaanse spitsmuis

## Countries with the most observations

US (204), CA (15)

## Summary

The vagrant shrew (Sorex vagrans), also known as the wandering shrew, is a medium-sized North American shrew. At one time, the montane shrew and the Orizaba long-tailed shrew were considered to belong to the same species.

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

## Photo

![Musaraña de Vagrant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/vagrant-shrew/medium.jpg)

Photo: Leah Gardner · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/121038244

## Machine access

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