Common Shrew
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Common Shrew

Sorex araneus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Pyrénées National Park
2 Verified records at Pyrénées National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The common shrew (Sorex araneus), also known as the Eurasian shrew, is the most common shrew, and one of the most common mammals, throughout Northern Europe, including Great Britain, but excluding Ireland. It is 55 to 82 millimetres (2.2 to 3.2 in) long and weighs 5 to 12 grams (0.2 to 0.4 oz), and has velvety dark brown fur with a pale underside. It is one of the rare venomous mammals. Juvenile shrews have lighter fur until their first moult. The common shrew has small eyes, a pointed, mobile snout and red-tipped teeth. It has a life span of approximately 14 months. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Pyrénées National Park

Eurasian Pygmy Shrew
LC

Eurasian Pygmy Shrew

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Sorex minutus

Insufficient data
Greater White-toothed Shrew

Greater White-toothed Shrew

Mammal

Crocidura russula

Insufficient data
Eurasian Water Shrew
LC

Eurasian Water Shrew

Mammal

Neomys fodiens

Insufficient data
Madagascan Pygmy Shrew
LC

Madagascan Pygmy Shrew

Mammal

Suncus etruscus

Insufficient data
Aquitanian mole
LC

Aquitanian mole

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Talpa aquitania

5–10% · With luck
Pyrenean Desman
EN

Pyrenean Desman

Mammal

Galemys pyrenaicus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Common Shrew at Pyrénées National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
10–20%
2 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
10–20%
3 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
10–20%
4 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
5 Gauja National Park 🇱🇻 Latvia
Insufficient data
6 Tatra National Park 🇸🇰 Slovakia
Insufficient data
7 Biebrza National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
Insufficient data
8 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
Insufficient data
9 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
Insufficient data
10 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
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