Red Rock Canyon shrew

Did you know?
The fossils of prehistoric animals during the past 7–12 million years ago can be found entombed in the sediments, including extinct elephants, rhinos, three-toed horses, giraffe-like camels, saber-toothed cats, and bone-crushing dogs. There are also fascinating small creatures such as ancestral skunks, alligator lizards, and shrews.

Schrew

Geology and Paleontology of Red Rock Canyon
A fossil shrew

Upper: Right lower jaw of a fossil shrew from the Dove Spring Formation of Red Rock Canyon. Shrews are mouse-sized mammals that eat insects for a living. Scale line equals 1 mm or about 1/25 of an inch.

Lower: A modern shrew (illustration adopted from "World Guide to Mammals" Greenwich House 1983).

Schrew

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