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