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    The lesser striped shrew (Sorex bedfordiae) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in China, Myanmar, and Nepal. In Nepal it is found...
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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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    Barren ground shrew, Sorex ugyunak Subgenus Sorex Dneper common shrew, Sorex averini Lesser striped shrew, Sorex bedfordiae Stripe-backed shrew, Sorex cylindricauda...
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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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Asian house shrew
    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 Arctic shrew
    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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    Pa shrew, Crocidura sapaensis Ugandan lowland shrew, Crocidura selina Lesser rock shrew, Crocidura serezkyensis Asian lesser white-toothed shrew, Crocidura...
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  • Thumbnail for North American least shrew
    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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Common shrew
    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...
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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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  • Thumbnail for American shrew mole
    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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    short-tailed shrew (Blarina carolinensis) is a gray, short-tailed shrew that inhabits the eastern United States. The southern short-tailed shrew is the smallest...
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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 lesser white-toothed shrew (Crocidura suaveolens) is a small species of shrew with a widespread distribution in Africa, Asia and Europe. Its preferred...
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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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  • Thumbnail for Marsh shrew
    The marsh shrew (Sorex bendirii), also known as the Pacific water shrew, Bendire's water shrew, Bendire's shrew and Jesus shrew is the largest North American...
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    Eurasian least shrew (Sorex minutissimus), also called the lesser pygmy shrew, is the second-smallest mammal by mass after the Etruscan shrew. The Eurasian...
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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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  • Hero shrew Common shrew Arctic shrew Arizona shrew Tien Shan shrew Baird's shrew Lesser striped shrew Marsh shrew Buchara shrew Laxmann's shrew Kamchatka...
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  • Thumbnail for Lesser rock shrew
    The lesser rock shrew (Crocidura serezkyensis) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and...
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    Solenodontidae), the desmans, moles, and shrew-like moles (family Talpidae) and true shrews (family Soricidae). True shrews, talpids and solenodons were formerly...
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  • Thumbnail for Crawford's gray shrew
    Crawford's gray shrew (Notiosorex crawfordi), also known as the desert shrew, is a small shrew found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico...
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    of the shrews. Although the gymnures are more closely related to the hedgehogs, full-grown gymnures superficially resemble large rats, shrews, and opossums...
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  • Thumbnail for Lesser dwarf shrew
    The lesser dwarf shrew (Suncus varilla) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho...
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  • Thumbnail for Barren ground shrew
    The barren ground shrew (Sorex ugyunak) is a small shrew found in northern Canada west of Hudson Bay and in Alaska. At one time, this species was considered...
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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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  • Thumbnail for American pygmy shrew
    The American pygmy shrew (Sorex hoyi) is a small shrew found in Northern Alaska, Canada, and the northern United States, south through the Appalachian...
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    The Cuban solenodon or almiquí (Atopogale cubana) is a small, furry, shrew-like mammal endemic to mountainous forests on Cuba. It is the only species...
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