Kansas Mammal Atlas

Distribution:
Crawford's Desert Shrews have only recently been found in the more arid, southwestern corner of the state in the Cimarron National Grassland. Several skeletal specimens were obtained from discarded bottles around the "Point of Rocks" site that overlooks the Cimarron River (Dreier et al., in review). The actual range of this species in Kansas is unknown, but probably includes most of Morton County and part of Stevens County.

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• Occurrence Summary:  
• 19 Total Records 
• 18 Museum Vouchers 
• 1 Other Observations 

Some county occurrences indicated below may be too imprecise to map above.
County Breakdown: County Name (# occurrences):
Morton (19);

Natural History:
The lifespan is not known.
This shrew is thought to feed largely on both larval and adult insects; captive specimens have eaten a wide variety of food including mealworms, cutworms, crickets, cockroaches, houseflies, grasshoppers, moths, beetles, earwigs, centipedes, the carcasses of skinned small mammals and birds, and dead lizards. Conversely, captives refused live rodents, salamanders, scorpions, and earthworms. In captivity, desert shrews eat about 75% of their body weight each day and can subsist without drinking water.
Predators include great horned owls and barn owls.
Little is known about the breeding habits of this shrew. The breeding season lasts from spring into the fall months, perhaps occasionally as late as November. Litter size averages three to five young, but it is not known if more than one litter is produced each season.

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Account Last Updated:
7/13/2017 10:22:47 AM