I found this tiny creature while out walking my dog. It had almost certainly lost an encounter with a local Felis silvestris as, although cats will happily kill a shrew they don't eat them because they find the smell produced by the shrew's lateral scent glands distasteful.
The Common Shrew Sorex araneus is the second most numerous British mammal (even so I have only seen a handful and only one alive).
All photos are single, hand held shots (so no stacking).
The first photo is taken from the underside and shows the head and forelegs. Distance between front legs is ~16mm.
You can see the two red tipped teeth quite clearly. The red is caused by iron deposits in the enamel which wear away over about 18 months. The tooth then quickly wears down and the animal can no longer eat and dies. The amount of red in this animal's teeth indicates that it is probably a fairly young individual.
You can just about make out the tiny black eye.
The next two photos show the underside of the right rear foot (~12mm from heel to tip of toe-nail) and the front of the left foreleg and foot (~7mm).
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