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Arizona shrew

Sorex arizonae Diersing & Hoffmeister, 1977

LCLeast Concernmammals

The arizona shrew (Sorex arizonae) is a species in the family Soricidae, order Eulipotyphla. Recorded adults weigh 2.4 g to 2.7 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the arizona shrew

Weight
2.4 g – 2.7 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the arizona shrew live?

Not recorded

What is the arizona shrew?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Arizona shrew (Sorex arizonae) is a species of shrew native to North America.

From the Wikipedia article “Arizona shrew” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arizona_shrew&oldid=1361903286), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the arizona shrew endangered?

The arizona shrew is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the arizona shrew classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderEulipotyphla
  5. familySoricidae
  6. genusSorex
  7. SpeciesSorex arizonae Diersing & Hoffmeister, 1977
Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • rejsek arizonskýCzech
  • Arizona-SpitzmausGerman
  • Musaraña de ArizonaSpanish
  • arizonanpäästäinenFinnish
  • アリゾナトガリネズミJapanese
  • ArizonaspitsmuisDutch
  • Ryjówka arizońskaPolish
  • Аризонская бурозубкаRussian
  • Arizona SoreksiTurkish

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Relatives of the arizona shrew

Other species in the same genus Sorex.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the arizona shrew?

An adult arizona shrew weighs 2.4 g – 2.7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the arizona shrew endangered?

The arizona shrew is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the arizona shrew?

The arizona shrew (Sorex arizonae) belongs to the family Soricidae in the order Eulipotyphla.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Arizona shrew (Sorex arizonae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/arizona-shrew

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BibTeX
@misc{arizona_shrew_2026,
  title = {Arizona shrew (Sorex arizonae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/arizona-shrew},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}