BY: DR MARK ELDRIDGE, CATEGORY: SCIENCE, DATE: 02 DEC 2013
It’s only just been recognised, but has Australia already lost its newest mammal species?
The Christmas Island shrew is a small, long-nosed, insectivorous mammal (5-6g) whose high pitched shrieks were once characteristic of the Christmas Island forest at night. Although shrews are widespread and common in Eurasia and Africa, Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean, is the only place in Australia where shrews occur.
See more at: http://australianmuseum.net.au/blogpost/Science/A-new-mammal-species-for-Australia-already-extinct#sthash.WAGQGemr.dpuf
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