Blarina
| American short-tailed shrews Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent |
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| Southern short-tailed shrew (Blarina carolinensis) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Soricidae |
| Subfamily: | Soricinae |
| Tribe: | Blarinini |
| Genus: |
Blarina Gray, 1838 |
| Species | |
The genus Blarina is a group of relatively large shrews with relatively short tails found in North America. They have 32 teeth and are in the red-toothed shrew subfamily.
They generally have dark fur and thick feet. The saliva of these animals is toxic and is used to subdue prey.
The list of species is:
Short-tailed shrews are one of the animal-reservoirs of the agents of Lyme disease and human babesiosis.
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