Eurasian water shrew

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q465986
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Summary

Eurasian water shrew is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (716 views/month, #1,588 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Naturparktier des Jahres[3], Q109758751[4]
  • Taxon rank: species[5]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[6]
  • Parent taxon: Neomys[7]
  • Taxon name: Neomys fodiens[8]
  • Commons category: Neomys fodiens[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Neomys fodiens[10]
  • Commons gallery: Neomys fodiens[11]
  • Taxon synonym: Sorex daubentonii[12]
  • Has characteristic: viviparity[13]
  • Short name: N. fodiens[14]
  • Taxon common name: Water shrew[15], Musgaño Patiblanco[16], Crossope Aquatique[17], Eurasian Water Shrew[18], Northern Water Shrew[19], Old World Water Shrew[20], Eurasische Wasserspitzmaus[21], Große Wasserspitzmaus[22], waterspitsmuis[23], musaraigne aquatique[24], european water shrew, northern water shrew, water shrew[25], Wasserspitzmaus[26], vesipäästäinen[27], 水鼩鼱[28]
  • Habitat: forest[29]
  • Gestation period: 20 day[30]
  • Taxon range: United Kingdom[31], Norway[32], Denmark[33]

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Identifiers

Eurasian water shrew's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 46859[34]. Eurasian water shrew's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 62282[35]. Eurasian water shrew's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1178936[36]. Eurasian water shrew's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2435767[37]. Eurasian water shrew's ITIS TSN is recorded as 633776[38].

Why It Matters

Eurasian water shrew has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

FAQs

What awards did Eurasian water shrew receive?

Honors received include Naturparktier des Jahres[3] and Q109758751[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . naturpark-holsteinische-schweiz.de. Retrieved . naturpark-holsteinische-schweiz.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [35] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [38] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [36] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [37] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . China' s mammalian diversity. wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Jfpierce · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'arz', 'avk', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs',
    Has characteristic → viviparity
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  2. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i45267
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01895662-n
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  3. 16w ago · TadejM · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Water shrew'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Musgaño Patiblanco'}, {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Crossope Aquatique'} +15
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon common name: povodna rovka"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Taxon range → United Kingdom, Norway, Denmark +22
    Award received → —
    Instance of → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007551903505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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