What is American water shrew?
{{speciesbox | name = American water shrew<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Hutterer | pages = 294}}</ref> | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn|author=Whittaker, J.C.|author2=Hammerson, G.|author3=Norris, S.J.|name-list-style=amp|year=2008|url= https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41410/0 | title= ''Sorex palustris''|access-date=8 February 2010}}</ref> | image = Northern water shrew with young.jpg | image_caption = American water shrew with newborn youn | genus = Sorex | species = palustris | authority = [[John Richardson (naturalist)|Richardson]], 1828 | range_map = Sorex palustris distribution.svg | range_map_caption = Distribution of the American water shrew in Northern America }} The '''American water shrew''' (''Sorex palustris'') is a type of [[shrew]]. It is also called a '''northern water shrew'''. It is found throughout the [[mountain range]]s of the [[northern United States]] and in [[Canada]] and [[Alaska]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Carmen|first=Ma|title=Sorex palustris (water shrew)|url=https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Sorex_palustris/|access-date=2020-09-15|website=Animal Diversity Web|language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Sorex]] [[Category:Mammals of North America]]