Laxmann's shrew

The Lapland shrew, shrew also mask and Eurasian mask Rotzahnspitzmaus ( Sorex caecutiens ) called, is a species in the genus Rotzahnspitzmäuse. She is a Palaearctic Art Their occurrence ranges from northern Fennoscandia on the Kola Peninsula in European Russia to Kamchatka. Their habitat is the arctic and subarctic taiga and tundra. It is one of the few insectivores, which belong to the fauna of the Arctic.

The body length of the Eurasian mask Rotzahnspitzmaus is included tail only 75-115 millimeters. It weighs between three and eight grams. Their fur on the body top is a dark golden brown. The underside is silvery white.