Common Name
Least shrew
Order
Eulipotyphla
Family
Soricidae
Species Name
Cryptotis parva
Status
Least concern
States
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Nebraska
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Wyoming
Distribution
Concentrated in the southwestern United States. From Florida up to New York and reaches as far west as Texas and South Dakota.
Notes
Also called "old-field shrew." Active day and night. Smallest North American mammal, likes fields and marshes. Sociable; prefers grasslands.
Oklahoma
One of the smallest mammals in Oklahoma.
Wisconsin
Likely extirpated