---
title: "Blarina krótkoogonowa"
description: "Blarina brevicauda — Ssaki. The northern short-tailed shrew is the largest shrew in the genus Blarina, and occurs in the northeastern region of North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/northern-short-tailed-shrew
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blarina krótkoogonowa

> Blarina brevicauda — Ssaki. The northern short-tailed shrew is the largest shrew in the genus Blarina, and occurs in the northeastern region of North America.

- Scientific name: *Blarina brevicauda*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 17307
- Wikidata: [Q1766543](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1766543)
- iNaturalist taxon: [63113](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63113)

## Names

- en: Northern Short-tailed Shrew
- de: Nördliche Kurzschwanzspitzmaus
- es: Musaraña de cola corta del Norte
- fr: Grande musaraigne
- nl: Kortstaartspitsmuis
- pl: Blarina krótkoogonowa

## Countries with the most observations

US (11782), CA (3764)

## Summary

The northern short-tailed shrew is the largest shrew in the genus Blarina, and occurs in the northeastern region of North America. It is a semifossorial, highly active, and voracious insectivore and is present in a variety of habitats like broadleaved and pine forests among shrubs and hedges as well as grassy river banks. It is notable in that it is one of the few venomous mammals. The specific epithet, brevicauda, is a combination of the Latin brevis and cauda, meaning "short tail".

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

## Photo

![Blarina krótkoogonowa](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-short-tailed-shrew/medium.jpg)

Photo: Geoff Swaebe · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/353920976

## Machine access

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