#0474 · 🦊 mammals

American Shrewmole

🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Spitsmuismol ·Neurotrichus gibbsii

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The American shrew mole ( Neurotrichus gibbsii ) is the smallest species of mole. It is the only living member of the genus Neurotrichus and the tribe Neurotrichini. It is also known as Gibb's shrew mole and least shrew mole . It is not closely related to the Asian shrew mole ( Uropsilus in Urotrichini). The reason that it is called a "shrew mole" instead of being called either a "shrew" or a "mole" is because of its fur, which...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,012iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,012 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Spencer Fullerton Baird in 1858 (168 years ago).