Alpine Shrew

The alpine shrew is a shrew found within Eurasia, specifically within the European Alps, the Carpathian Mountains, the Balkans, Bulgaria, Turkey, Armenia, Iran, Syria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Azerbaijan, Sicily, Morocco, Tunisia, and Palestine. They are today, introduced to some parts of Asia and North America, mainly down through the Rocky Mountains (Colorado, Utah, Wyoming) and The Smoky Mountains (Ohio down to Mississippi). In Asia, they are found from Kazakhstan to Japan.

Habitat
They tend to live in rocky, mountainous areas with coniferous trees.