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MammalLCLeast Concern

Water Shrew

Neomys fodiens

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Britain's largest shrew, semi-aquatic and bearing a venomous bite used to immobilise aquatic invertebrates. Distinctive in its black and white colouring, it swims and dives with ease in clean streams.

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Quick Facts

Category
Mammal
Latin name
Neomys fodiens
IUCN Status
LC — Least Concern
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Conservation Status: LC

Least Concern — assessed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.