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title: "Zuidelijke kortstaartspitsmuis"
description: "Blarina carolinensis — Zoogdieren. The southern short-tailed shrew (Blarina carolinensis) is a gray, short-tailed shrew that inhabits the eastern United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/southern-short-tailed-shrew
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zuidelijke kortstaartspitsmuis

> Blarina carolinensis — Zoogdieren. The southern short-tailed shrew (Blarina carolinensis) is a gray, short-tailed shrew that inhabits the eastern United States.

- Scientific name: *Blarina carolinensis*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1201
- Wikidata: [Q1769360](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1769360)
- iNaturalist taxon: [46886](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/46886)

## Names

- en: Southern Short-tailed Shrew
- de: Südliche Kurzschwanzspitzmaus
- fr: Musaraigne à queue courte du sud
- nl: Zuidelijke kortstaartspitsmuis
- pl: Blarina południowa

## Countries with the most observations

US (951)

## Summary

The southern short-tailed shrew (Blarina carolinensis) is a gray, short-tailed shrew that inhabits the eastern United States.

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

## Photo

![Zuidelijke kortstaartspitsmuis](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-short-tailed-shrew/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kirstie S · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/375414517

## Machine access

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