Female shrews can have up to 10 litters a year; in the tropics, they breed all year round; in temperate zones, they cease breeding only in the winter. Shrews ... Elephant shrew · Treeshrew · Nesophontes · Etruscan shrew

Common shrews breed from May until October and a female produces at least two litters during this time, each having from 4 - 10 young, the average being around ...

The height of the breeding season is in late May and June, although it varies with the weather. Shrews communicate with each other by scent and high-pitched ...

Females have three or four litters of 5-7 young between May and September. Females are promiscuous and a litter may have two or three different fathers.

Breeding records indicate that common shrews will mate within a few days of pairing and that the duration of pregnancy and lactation is about 43 days.

The breeding season lasts from April to September and a female may have 2 or 3 litters during this time. Common shrews are short-lived and rarely survive more ...

Reproduction: Shrews reproduce 1-3 times per year, typically in warmer months. After a gestation period of about 21 days, a female shrew will give birth to 2-10 ...

Elliot's short-tailed shrews can breed 2 or 3 times per year. Breeding takes place from early spring to early autumn.

Newborn young are helpless and unfurred, but grow rapidly and reach adult size when 4 to 6 weeks old. For more specific life history information, see listings.