American water shrew


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Related to American water shrew: Sorex palustris
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Noun1.American water shrew - water shrew of North AmericaAmerican water shrew - water shrew of North America  
Sorex palustris
genus Sorex, Sorex - type genus of the family Soricidae: shrews
water shrew - any of several small semiaquatic shrews usually living near swift-flowing streams
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Species Powerline 1 2 3 Total Southern red-backed 4 12 10 26 vole, Myodes gapperi Montane vole, Microtus 2 4 0 6 montanus Ermine, Mustela erminea 0 0 0 0 Bushy-tailed woodrat, 0 1 0 1 Neotoma cinerea North American 21 26 13 60 deermouse, Peromyscus maniculatus Masked shrew, Sorex 11 11 6 28 cinereus Cinereus shrew, Sorex 2 5 4 11 monticolus American water shrew, 0 1 0 1 Sorex palustris Golden-mantled ground 0 0 0 0 squirrel, Spermophilus lateralis Least chipmunk, Tamias 7 16 9 32 minimus Red squirrel, 0 0 10 10 Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Western jumping mouse, 3 3 0 6 Zapus princeps Total individuals 50 79 52 181 Species richness 7 9 6 10 Chao 1 [+ or -] 1 SE 7 [+ or -] 10 [+ or -] 6 [+ or -] 0.
Structure and movements of a community of small mammals along a powerline right-of-way in subalpine coniferous forest
American water shrews occur in moist, riparian habitat, usually along permanent streams (Beneski and Stinson, 1987).
Shrews of the Ruby Mountains, northeastern Nevada

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