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Mole-Shrew

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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Any individual of the genera Urotrichus and Uropsilus (see Insectivora). These animals, which are sometimes called shrew-moles, are not moles with shrew-like habits, but shrews with the burrowing habits of moles and resembling them in appearance.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Mole-Shrew'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​m/mole-shrew.html. 1910.
 
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