Shrew (disambiguation)
# Shrew (disambiguation)

Shrew may refer to:

## Animals

* Shrew (family Soricidae)
* Treeshrew (order Scandentia), native to Southeast Asia
* Elephant shrew (family Macroscelididae), native to Africa
* Otter shrew (subfamily Potamogalinae), native to Africa
* West Indies shrew (genus Nesophontes), native to Caribbean islands (Extinct)

## Literature

* Shrew (stock character), a difficult woman
* The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, in which the word refers to a difficult woman.

## Other uses

* The Shrews, fictional characters in the animated series The Animals of Farthing Wood
* Shrew, a name originally proposed for the British fighter airplane Supermarine Spitfire
* The Killer Shrews, a 1959 science fiction film directed by Ray Kellogg and also featured on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
* "The Shrew", a song by Beirut from their 2009 album March of the Zapotec
