Trowbridge's shrew
Sorex trowbridgii Baird, 1857
The trowbridge's shrew (Sorex trowbridgii) is a species in the family Soricidae, order Eulipotyphla. Recorded adults weigh 3.8 g to 4.73 g and live up to 1.5 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the trowbridge's shrew
- Weight
- 3.8 g – 4.73 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- 1.5 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- 4.16src for Young per litter or clutch
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1.75src 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 trowbridge's shrew live?
Not recorded
What is the trowbridge's shrew?
Trowbridge's shrew (Sorex trowbridgii) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in southern British Columbia in Canada and in Washington, Oregon, and California in the United States.
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Is the trowbridge's shrew endangered?
The trowbridge's shrew is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- 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 trowbridge's shrew classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderEulipotyphla
- familySoricidae
- genusSorex
- SpeciesSorex trowbridgii Baird, 1857
Other names and names in other languages (11)
- Trowbridge’s shrewEnglish
- rejsek TrowbridgeůvCzech
- Trowbridge-SpitzmausGerman
- Musaraña de TrowbridgeSpanish
- länsirannikonpäästäinenFinnish
- musaraigne de TrowbridgeFrench
- トロウブリッジトガリネズミJapanese
- TrowbridgespissmusNorwegian Bokmål
- Towbridges SpitsmuisDutch
- ryjówka daglezjowaPolish
- Бурозубка ТроубриджаRussian
Relatives of the trowbridge's shrew
Other species in the same genus Sorex.
Eurasian pygmy shrew
Sorex minutus
Common shrew
Sorex araneus
Laxmann's shrew
Sorex caecutiens
Eurasian least shrew
Sorex minutissimus
Alpine shrew
Sorex alpinus
Taiga shrew
Sorex isodon
CompareTrowbridge's shrew vs Eurasian pygmy shrewTrowbridge's shrew vs Common shrewTrowbridge's shrew vs Laxmann's shrewTrowbridge's shrew vs Eurasian least shrew
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the trowbridge's shrew?
An adult trowbridge's shrew weighs 3.8 g – 4.73 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the trowbridge's shrew endangered?
The trowbridge's shrew is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
How long does the trowbridge's shrew live?
The trowbridge's shrew has a recorded lifespan of 1.5 years.
What kind of animal is the trowbridge's shrew?
The trowbridge's shrew (Sorex trowbridgii) belongs to the family Soricidae in the order Eulipotyphla.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
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Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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