Blarina brevicauda image credit: Animal Diversity Web.    From Wordnik.com.  [Urban Wildlife Watch: Moles and Shrews] Reference

When I was trapping for field mice, I often caught shrews - Short-tailed shrews and Blarina brevicauda – the only venomous mammal in the world.    From Wordnik.com.  [Urban Wildlife Watch: Moles and Shrews] Reference

In addition to the solenodon mentioned in the article, and the platypus's heel spurs, many shrews have enough venom to give a nasty toxic bite experience speaking: Blarina brevicauda in Massachusetts, if I remember right.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-06-01] Reference

Susceptibility acorn weevils (Coleoptera - Curculionidae) attractiveness weevils infected Quercus alba acorns Peromyscus leucopus Blarina brevicauda.    From Wordnik.com.  [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference