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Shrews

Soricidae · 3 species

In Québec, the family Soricidae (order Eulipotyphla) counts 3 species of mammals. The stars? Northern Short-tailed Shrew, Cinereus Shrew and Smoky Shrew, the most often observed. The richest region: Bas-Saint-Laurent, with 3 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its sounds, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Bas-Saint-Laurent3
  2. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean3
  3. Capitale-Nationale3
  4. Mauricie3
  5. Estrie3
  6. Outaouais3
  7. Abitibi-Témiscamingue3
  8. Côte-Nord3
  9. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine3
  10. Laurentides3
  11. Montérégie3
  12. Montréal2
  13. Nord-du-Québec2
  14. Chaudière-Appalaches2
  15. Lanaudière2
  16. Centre-du-Québec2
  17. Laval1

Shrews 3

Eulipotyphla
All91Carnivora30Artiodactyla25Rodentia18Chiroptera8Eulipotyphla5Lagomorpha4Didelphimorphia1
Soricidae
All5Soricidae3Talpidae2
Northern Short-tailed Shrew590 observations
Cinereus Shrew177 observations
Smoky Shrew40 observations