page_title: List of mammals of the United States
section_title: Order: Eulipotyphla (shrews, hedgehogs, moles, and solenodons)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of the United States / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Eulipotyphla (shrews, hedgehogs, moles, and solenodons)
context_page_description: About 490 species of mammals are recorded in the United States. This list is probably incomplete. Unincorporated territories like for example Puerto Rico, Guam or Northern Mariana Islands are not covered. Mammals introduced and extinct in the Holocene except Pleistocene/Holocene boundary are included.
  According to the IUCN Red List 3 of these species are critically endangered, 20 endangered, 15 vulnerable, 20 near threatened and 4 extinct.
  Some species are identified as indicated below:
  - Accidental
  - Extinct
  - Extirpated
  (I) - Introduced
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
  and the Endangered Species Act:
context_section_description: Eulipotyphlans are insectivorous mammals. Shrews and solenodons closely resemble mice, hedgehogs carry spines, while moles are stout-bodied burrowers.
  Family: Soricidae (shrews)
  Subfamily: Soricinae
  Tribe: Blarinini
  Northern short-tailed shrew, Blarina brevicauda  LC
  Southern short-tailed shrew, Blarina carolinensis  LC and:
  Everglades short-tailed shrew, Blarina peninsulae  (B. carolinensis LC)
  Elliot's short-tailed shrew, Blarina hylophaga  LC
  North American least shrew, Cryptotis parva  LC
  Tribe: Notiosoricini
  Cockrum's gray shrew, Notiosorex cockrumi  LC
  Crawford's gray shrew, Notiosorex crawfordi  LC
  Tribe: Soricini
  Glacier Bay water shrew, Sorex alaskanus  (Alaska only) DD
  Arctic shrew, Sorex arcticus  LC
  Arizona shrew, Sorex arizonae  LC
  Baird's shrew, Sorex bairdi  LC
  Marsh shrew, Sorex bendirii  LC
  Cinereus shrew, Sorex cinereus  LC and:
  Maryland shrew, Sorex cinereus fontinalis 
  Long-tailed shrew, Sorex dispar  LC and:
  Gaspé shrew, Sorex gaspensis 
  Smoky shrew, Sorex fumeus  LC
  Prairie shrew, Sorex haydeni  LC
  American pygmy shrew, Sorex hoyi  LC
  Pribilof Island shrew, Sorex pribilofensis  (Alaska only) EN
  Saint Lawrence Island shrew, Sorex jacksoni  (Alaska only) LC
  Southeastern shrew, Sorex longirostris  LC
  Mount Lyell shrew, Sorex lyelli  LC
  Merriam's shrew, Sorex merriami  LC
  Montane shrew, Sorex monticolus  LC
  Dwarf shrew, Sorex nanus  LC
  New Mexico shrew, Sorex neomexicanus  DD
  Ornate shrew, Sorex ornatus  LC (ssp. relictus: E)
  Pacific shrew, Sorex pacificus  LC
  American water shrew, Sorex palustris  LC
  Preble's shrew, Sorex preblei  LC
  Olympic shrew, Sorex rohweri  LC (formerly in Sorex cinereus)
  Fog shrew, Sorex sonomae  LC
  Inyo shrew, Sorex tenellus  LC
  Trowbridge's shrew, Sorex trowbridgii  LC
  Tundra shrew, Sorex tundrensis  (Alaska only) LC
  Barren ground shrew, Sorex ugyunak  (Alaska only) LC
  Vagrant shrew, Sorex vagrans  LC
  Alaska tiny shrew, Sorex yukonicus  (Alaska only) LC
  Family: Talpidae (moles)
  Subfamily: Scalopinae
  Tribe: Condylurini
  Star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata  LC
  Tribe: Scalopini
  Hairy-tailed mole, Parascalops breweri  LC
  Eastern mole, Scalopus aquaticus  LC
  Broad-footed mole, Scapanus latimanus  LC
  Coast mole, Scapanus orarius  LC
  Townsend's mole, Scapanus townsendii  LC
  Subfamily: Talpinae
  Tribe: Neurotrichini
  Shrew-mole, Neurotrichus gibbsii  LC
caption: American water shrew
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