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American shrew mole[1]
Conservation status
American shrew mole
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Talpidae
Genus: Neurotrichus
Species:
N. gibbsii
Binomial name
Neurotrichus gibbsii
(Baird, 1858)
American shrew mole range

The American shrew mole (Neurotrichus gibbsii) is the smallest species of mole. It is the only living member of the genus Neurotrichus and the tribe Neurotrichini. It is also known as Gibb's shrew mole and least shrew mole.[3] It is not closely related to the Asian shrew mole (Uropsilus in Urotrichini). The reason that it is called a "shrew mole" instead of being called either a "shrew" or a "mole" is because of its fur, which is a characteristic of shrews and its large head and heavy dentition, which is characteristic of moles.[4]

  1. ^ Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 303–304. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Cassola, F. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Neurotrichus gibbsii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T41468A115188045. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T41468A22323093.en. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  3. ^ "North American Mammals: Neurotrichus gibbsii". Archived from the original on 24 May 2007.
  4. ^ Ronald M. Nowak, "Walker's Mammals of the World, Volume 1"

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