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Long-tailed shrew

Sorex dispar Batchelder, 1911

LCLeast Concernmammals

The long-tailed shrew (Sorex dispar) is a species in the family Soricidae, order Eulipotyphla. Recorded adults weigh 4.95 g to 5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Long-tailed shrew (Sorex dispar)
Photo: MarcelleRogin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the long-tailed shrew

Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
3.84src for Young per litter or clutch
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 long-tailed shrew live?

Not recorded

What is the long-tailed shrew?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The long-tailed shrew or rock shrew (Sorex dispar) is a small shrew found in Atlantic Canada and the Northeastern United States.

This shrew is slate grey in color with a pointed snout, a long tail, and lighter underparts. It is found on rocky slopes in mountainous areas along the Atlantic coast from Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec, and Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, to northern Georgia. It eats insects and spiders. Predators include hawks, owls, and snakes.

From the Wikipedia article “Long-tailed shrew” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long-tailed_shrew&oldid=1314913473), 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 long-tailed shrew endangered?

The long-tailed 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 long-tailed shrew classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderEulipotyphla
  5. familySoricidae
  6. genusSorex
  7. SpeciesSorex dispar Batchelder, 1911
Other names and names in other languages (13)
  • Gaspé shrewEnglish
  • Gray long-tailed shrewEnglish
  • Rock shrewEnglish
  • LangschwanzspitzmausGerman
  • gaspenpäästäinenFinnish
  • KalliopäästäinenFinnish
  • pitkähäntäpäästäinenFinnish
  • musaraigne de GaspéFrench
  • musaraigne longicaudeFrench
  • オナガトガリネズミJapanese
  • LangstaartspitsmuisDutch
  • ryjówka długoogonowaPolish
  • Длиннохвостая бурозубкаRussian

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Relatives of the long-tailed 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 long-tailed shrew?

An adult long-tailed shrew weighs 5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the long-tailed shrew endangered?

The long-tailed 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 long-tailed shrew?

The long-tailed shrew (Sorex dispar) belongs to the family Soricidae in the order Eulipotyphla.

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BibTeX
@misc{long_tailed_shrew_2026,
  title = {Long-tailed shrew (Sorex dispar)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-tailed-shrew},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}