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Glacier Bay water shrew

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Kingdom
  
Order
  
Genus
  
Higher classification
  
Sorex

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Soricidae

Scientific name
  
Sorex alaskanus

Rank
  
Species

Glacier Bay water shrew

Similar
  
Mount Lyell shrew, Inyo shrew, Baird's shrew, Pribilof Island shrew, Fog shrew

The Glacier Bay water shrew (Sorex alaskanus) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Alaska in the United States. It can swim underwater, and when it stops swimming, air trapped in its fur lets it float back up to the surface. Owing to small hairs on its feet, the water shrew can run across the water. Its fur is water resistant, although if it does get wet it returns to shore to dry itself with its hind feet. It eats aquatic fly nymphs and terrestrial invertebrates.

References

Glacier Bay water shrew Wikipedia


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