Although Eurasian shrews exhibit variations of this behavior, the masked shrew may be the only North American species to engage in it. Young born in the spring often breed later in the same year. The ...

Three species account for most of the shrews living around the Salish Sea: the masked shrew (Sorex cinereus), the dusky or montane shrew (Sorex monticolus) and the vagrant or wandering shrew ...