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    Laxmann's shrew (Sorex caecutiens), or the masked shrew, is a species of shrew. Its range extends from northern Scandinavia and the Baltic to the Sea of...
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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 Etruscan shrew
    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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  • 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 Shinto shrew
    gray-brown. Shinto shrew resembles Laxmann's shrew. Traits of the shinto shrew from Honshu gradually comes into traits of Laxmann's shrew from Primorsky Krai...
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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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  • Thumbnail for Long-tailed shrew
    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 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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  • NT) (Shikoku) S. s. shinto Laxmann's shrew, Sorex caecutiens LC IUCN (Hokkaidō, Kunashiri) S. c. saevus Long-clawed shrew, Sorex unguiculatus LC IUCN (Hokkaidō...
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  • Thumbnail for List of eulipotyphlans
    T41419A22318690. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T41419A22318690.en. Laxmann's shrew: Nowak, p. 206 Henttonen, H.; Sheftel, B.; et al. (2016). "Sorex caecutiens"...
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  • Thumbnail for Red-toothed shrew
    Buchara shrew, Sorex buchariensis Kozlov's shrew, Sorex kozlovi Caucasian pygmy shrew, Sorex volnuchini Sorex caecutiens group Laxmann's shrew, Sorex caecutiens...
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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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  • 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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    Eurasian water shrew, Neomys fodiens Tribe: Soricini Genus: Sorex Common shrew, Sorex araneus Laxmann's shrew, Sorex caecutiens Kamchatka shrew, Sorex camtschatica...
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  • Thumbnail for White-toothed shrew
    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Thumbnail for Southern short-tailed shrew
    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 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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  • 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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  • Thumbnail for Tundra shrew
    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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  • 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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    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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    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 Talpidae
    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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  • 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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  • hero shrew (Scutisorex thori) is an extant species of shrew native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It and its sister species, the hero shrew (Scutisorex...
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    evolutionary branch that split from the lineage leading to hedgehogs, moles, and shrews before the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. They are one of two families...
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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 Cuban solenodon
    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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