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Descriptor English: Shrews
Descriptor Spanish: Musarañas
Descriptor musarañas
Scope note: Pequeños mamíferos de la familia Soricidae, orden Soricomorpha (antes Insectivora). Se parecen a los topos y se caracterizan por poseer un hocico móvil y dientes INCISIVOS afilados. Habitan en las regiones tropicales y templadas de todo el mundo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Musaranhos
Descriptor French: Musaraignes
Entry term(s): Shrew
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.649.313.961.751
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012788
Scope note: Small mammals in the family Soricidae, order Soricomorpha (formerly Insectivora). They resemble moles and are characterized by a mobile snout, sharp INCISOR teeth, and are found in tropical and temperate regions worldwide.
Annotation: do not confuse SHREWS (insectivore) with TREE SHREWS see TUPAIIDAE
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Insectivora (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note: 72
History Note: 72
DeCS ID: 13169
Unique ID: D012788
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/11/24
Shrews - Preferred
Concept UI M0019805
Scope note Small mammals in the family Soricidae, order Soricomorpha (formerly Insectivora). They resemble moles and are characterized by a mobile snout, sharp INCISOR teeth, and are found in tropical and temperate regions worldwide.
Preferred term Shrews
Entry term(s) Shrew



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