Southern Short-Tailed Shrew
Blarina carolinensis (Bachman, 1837)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Eulipotyphla |
| Family | Soricidae |
| Genus | Blarina |
| Species | Blarina carolinensis (Bachman, 1837) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Accidental
Distribution
Range
Known from two counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Arkansas, Florida
Counties
- Arkansas
- Independence
- Florida
- Levy
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2016.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- South Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- Iowa
- SNR Unranked
- Louisiana
- S4 Apparently Secure
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Texas
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Kentucky
- S5 Secure
- Illinois
- S5 Secure
- Oklahoma
- S2 Imperiled
- Virginia
- S5 Secure
- Florida
- SNR Unranked
- Missouri
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Mississippi
- S5 Secure
- Alabama
- S5 Secure
- Arkansas
- S5 Secure
Ranks looked up 2 July 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
References
- Franz, R., Bauer, J. & Morris, T. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their faunas in Florida and south Georgia. Brimleyana 20: 1–109. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229726. details
- McDaniel, V.R. & Gardner, J.E. 1977. Cave fauna of Arkansas: vertebrate taxa. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 31: 68–71. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol31/iss1/22. details
This account was last revised 6 September 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 2 July 2026.
How to cite this account
Blarina carolinensis (Bachman, 1837). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2232. https://cavebiology.org/species/blarina-carolinensis/ (accessed 22 October 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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