The white toothed shrew genus Crocidura is known as the largest mammal genus, with more than 180 species distributed around the world. A recent genetic analysis of the white toothed shrew fauna of ...

The greater white-toothed shrew can weigh between 8 and 14g, or about three times the size of the pygmy shrew. As their name suggests, they have distinctive white teeth.

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The greater white-toothed shrew can weigh between 8 and 14g, or about three times the size of the pygmy shrew. As their name suggests, they have distinctive white teeth.

The greater white-toothed shrew was confirmed by a DNA test after Jeff the cat came across the creature in 2021. If it becomes established, it will be the first new mammal species in Britain since ...

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A MAMMAL species new to Ireland, the greater white-toothed shrew, has been found in the midwest where it is believed to be well established. Evidence that the shrew had arrived here was spotted by ...

Greater white-toothed shrews could colonise abandoned farmland across Ireland by 2050. An invasive species of shrew is spreading across the Irish landscape at a rate of more than five kilometres a ...

The white toothed shrew genus Crocidura is known as the largest mammal genus, with more than 180 species distributed around the world. A recent genetic analysis of the white toothed shrew fauna of ...

Greater white-toothed shrews, however, spread themselves at a remarkable rate. By 2013 they had colonised some 7,600sq km of Ireland and were advancing at more than 5km a year.

Greater white-toothed shrews could colonise abandoned farmland across Ireland by 2050. An invasive species of shrew is spreading across the Irish landscape at a rate of more than five kilometres a ...