Greater White-Toothed Shrews on the continent are known as House Shrews as they are often found in homes and farm buildings. In Ireland the shrews are spreading at around 3.1 miles a year, an ...

The greater white-toothed shrew has become the UK’s first mammal species in a century after a social media post led to the animal’s discovery.

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 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.

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 ...

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 ...

A white-toothed shrew. (iStock) As of now, there is no known treatment for the rare virus, which “triggers the host’s immune system to attack brain tissue,” as per Scientific American, ...

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.

According to the BBC Science Focus, the smallest mammal in the world is the Etruscan shrew. The Etruscan shrew, also known as the white-toothed pygmy shrew or Suncus etruscus, is located in North ...

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The greater white-toothed shrew has become the UK’s first mammal species in a century after a social media post led to the animal’s discovery. A Facebook picture of the animal caught by a cat led to ...