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    The common shrew (Sorex araneus), also known as the Eurasian shrew, is the most common shrew, and one of the most common mammals, throughout Northern Europe...
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    not to be confused with treeshrews, otter shrews, elephant shrews, West Indies shrews, or marsupial shrews, which belong to different families or orders...
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    The Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus), also known as the Etruscan pygmy shrew, white-toothed pygmy shrew and Savi's pygmy shrew, is the smallest known...
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    shrew mole and least shrew mole. It is not closely related to the Asian shrew mole (Uropsilus in Urotrichini). The reason that it is called a "shrew mole"...
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    Ussuri shrew, Sorex mirabilis Sorex araneus group Valais shrew, Sorex antinorii Common shrew, Sorex araneus Udine shrew, Sorex arunchi Millet's shrew, Sorex...
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    States. This is the most widely distributed shrew in North America, where it is also known as the common shrew. It is grey-brown in colour with a light grey...
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    Macroscelididae, in the order Macroscelidea. Their traditional common English name "elephant shrew" comes from a perceived resemblance between their long noses...
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    The northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda) is the largest shrew in the genus Blarina, and occurs in the northeastern region of North America...
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    long-tailed shrew or rock shrew (Sorex dispar) is a small shrew found in Atlantic Canada and the Northeastern United States. This shrew is slate grey...
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    The Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus) is a shrew species native to South and Southeast Asia that has been listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List...
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  • Thumbnail for American water shrew
    The American water shrew or northern water shrew (Sorex palustris) is a shrew found in the nearctic faunal region located throughout the mountain ranges...
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    literary and oral versions of shrew stories in 30 cultural groups in Europe in the middle 20th century. Being a "common scold" was once a petty criminal...
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  • Thumbnail for Eurasian pygmy shrew
    The Eurasian pygmy shrew (Sorex minutus), often known simply as the pygmy shrew, is a widespread shrew of the northern Palearctic. It measures about 5 cm...
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    The North American least shrew (Cryptotis parva) is one of the smallest mammals, growing to be only up to 3 inches long. It has a long pointed snout and...
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  • Thumbnail for Lesser white-toothed shrew
    white-toothed shrew (Crocidura shantungensis) was once included in this species, but is now considered to be a separate species. Like the common shrew, a female...
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    The Arctic shrew (Sorex arcticus), also known as the blackback shrew or saddlebacked shrew, is a medium-sized shrew found in Canada and the northern United...
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    The white-toothed shrews or Crocidurinae are one of three subfamilies of the shrew family Soricidae. The outer layer of these shrews' teeth is white, unlike...
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    Solenodontidae), the desmans, moles, shrew-like moles (family Talpidae) and true shrews (family Soricidae). True shrews, talpids and solenodons were formerly...
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    Sorex (category Red-toothed shrews)
    The genus Sorex includes many of the common shrews of Eurasia and North America, and contains at least 142 known species and subspecies. Members of this...
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  • The Dneper common shrew (Sorex averini) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. Catalogue of Life Sorex averini Retrieved August 30, 2012. v t...
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    was once present in North America. Hedgehogs share distant ancestry with shrews (family Soricidae), with gymnures possibly being the intermediate link,...
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    family Talpidae (/ˈtælpɪdiː/) includes the moles (some of whom are called shrew moles and desmans) who are small insectivorous mammals of the order Eulipotyphla...
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  • water shrew, Neomys anomalus Eurasian water shrew, Neomys fodiens Tribe: Soricini Genus: Sorex Common shrew, Sorex araneus Eurasian pygmy shrew, Sorex...
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    family Caenolestidae contains the seven surviving species of shrew opossum: small, shrew-like marsupials that are confined to the Andes mountains of South...
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    The tundra shrew (Sorex tundrensis) is a small shrew found in Alaska, the northern Yukon Territory, the MacKenzie Delta region of the Northwest Territories...
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    The vagrant shrew (Sorex vagrans), also known as the wandering shrew, is a medium-sized North American shrew. At one time, the montane shrew and the Orizaba...
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    Uropsilus (redirect from Shrew-like moles)
    The shrew moles or shrew-like moles (Uropsilus) are shrew-like members of the mole family of mammals endemic to the forested, high-alpine region bordering...
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    The American pygmy shrew (Sorex hoyi), also called the eastern pygmy shrew, is a small shrew found throughout much of Alaska, Canada, and the northern...
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    The hero shrew (Scutisorex somereni), also known as the armored shrew, is a large shrew native to the Congo Basin of Africa. Its features are typical of...
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  • mole, Talpa europaea LC Eurasian water shrew, Neomys fodiens NT Common shrew, Sorex araneus LC Eurasian pygmy shrew, Sorex minutus LC Western barbastelle...
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