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Mr.F. Buckland states that he once dissected a water-shrew and found the intestines to contain
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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Jerdon procured this water-shrew at Darjeeling in the Little Rungeet river; it is said to live on small fish, tadpoles, water insects,
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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&c. The movements of the English water-shrew, when swimming, are very agile.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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