• Source: Mediterranean water shrew

The Mediterranean, Southern or Miller's water shrew (Neomys milleri) is a species of insectivoran mammal in the family Soricidae.




Distribution


The shrew is found in Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey, and Ukraine. This species was formerly a subspecies of Neomys anomalus along with the Iberian water shrew found in Spain, Portugal and southern France.




Feeding habits


It feeds mainly on amphibians and small fish, but also take insects and worms. Because of its small size and thus higher surface area to volume ratio, it loses body heat more quickly and must eat two or three times its body mass each day.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Mediterranean water shrew
• Water shrew
• Marsh shrew
• American water shrew
• Red-toothed shrew
• Long-tailed shrew
• Etruscan shrew
• Shrew
• Crawford's gray shrew
• Barren ground shrew