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Virginia Opossum
Didelphis virginiana
Marsupial
Opposable big toe
Fakes death
Prehensile tail
Prefers living near water.
Omnivorous.
Burrows in den dug by other animals, also hollows in trees, rock
piles logs.
Do not hibernate
Up 25 young about the size of a grain of rice.
Gestation 12-13 days.
Young crawl into pouch and attach to 9-17 nipples.
Live in puchfir3 months; 8-9 emerge.
Mature in 6 months- one year.
Virginia Opossum
Didelphis virginiana
American Shrew-mole
Beurotrichus gibbsii
American Shrew-mole
Beurotrichus gibbsii
Ornate Shrew
Sorex ornatus
Upland forested areas, inland marshes, coastal salt
marshes (dark here= salt marsh melanism).
3 3/8-4 inches; tail 11/8-1 inches.
Live 1-1.5 years.
2 molts, 2 litters.
Feeds on insects and other invertebrates.
Voracious feeder.
Grassy nests built ion protected area.
March-April = peak reproduction; gestation 21 days.
5 per litter.
Field ID difficult.
Ornate Shrew
Sorex ornatus
Fog Shrew
Sorex sonomae
Large brown shrew
Cleans face frequently with moistened feed similar to a
cat.
4 1/8-71/8 inches; tail13/8-3 3/8 inches
Also called Sonoma Shrew; uncommon.
Tail same color as the body.
Lacks first upper incisor.
Feed on invertebrates
Little known about reproductive behavior, Litter sizes 2-6
in spring and summer.
Fog Shrew
Sorex sonomae
Trowbridges Shrew
Sorex trowbridgii
Trowbridges Shrew
Sorex trowbridgii
Vagrant Shrew
Sorex vagrans
Difficult to distinguish from Mountain Shrew, but the
latter is not in our range.
Distinguished by incisor pigment.
Also called Wandering Shrew.
Forests near water.
4 1/8 7 1/8 inches; tail 1 3/8-3 3/8 inches.
Feed on invertebrates, carrion, some vegetation.
Spherical grass nest, similar to other shrews in shrub or
decayed log.
Little known about reproduction: gestation may be < 20
days.
2-6 young.
Vagrant Shrew
Sorex vagrans
Broad-footed Mole
Scapanus latimanus
Broad-footed Mole
Scapanus latimanus