Mastodawn

#NewSpecies!
New shrew from #guinea just came in:

Crocidura pediculus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B89647-5A31-1E1C-FE43-E478B1CE87D1
Publication: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1039.3197
#ejtaxonomy #CrociduraPediculus

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #mammalogy #mammals #shrews

TKSST / seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨Feb 25

🐭🕷️ From #shrews that weigh less than a penny to #spiders no bigger than a grain of rice, the #USA is home to some of the world's smallest #animals.

👉 https://www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com/top-20-smallest-animals-in-the-us-11-203607/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=news_links&utm_content=smallest-animals-in-the-us

#nature #biodiversity #wildlife #biology #science #education #ecology #conservation

Top 19 Smallest Animals In The US

Discover the top smallest animals in the US with us today! From cute mice to lengthy weasels, they are a sight to behold.

Animals Around The Globe

rlonstein Feb 1

I've removed what I think are six shrews so far and there's one around today. Might be one of the same ones again. I tried dabbing an acrylic paint marker on the back of the last one I caught but the paint wouldn't stay on its fur. I wonder how field biologists do this 🤔

I left a live catch trap for a few hours yesterday and something bullied it around, tripping it and moving it out of place. I think I might set up a webcam just to see what's going on when I'm not at my desk.

#catskills #winter2026 #shrews

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llewelly Jul 25, 2025

@boisterousbard @ashleygjovik

the common descent podcast did an episode on shrews recently. There are some pictures at the episode page, including both living and fossil shrews.

https://commondescentpodcast.com/2025/07/19/episode-222-shrews/

also: check out how weird shrew skulls and necks can be:
https://svpow.com/2025/07/05/nuchal-sesamoids-in-shrews/

#fossilFriday
#shrews

Episode 222 – Shrews

Listen to Episode 222 on Podbean, YouTube, Spotify, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts! They’re among the tiniest of mammals and they live some of the most extreme lifestyles. T…

The Common Descent Podcast

Giuseppe Michieli Jun 19, 2025

Discovery of a Novel #Parahenipavirus, Parahenipavirus_GH, in #Shrews in South #Korea, 2022, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/06/discovery-of-novel-parahenipavirus.html

Discovery of a Novel #Parahenipavirus, Parahenipavirus_GH, in #Shrews in South #Korea, 2022

American Naturaliﬆ Apr 24, 2025

New open access NHM available ahead of print! "Seasonal Body Size Plasticity and the Generality of Dehnel’s Phenomenon in Sorex Shrews" by McLean et al. Read now! https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/735018

#openAccess #seasonal #bodySize #shrews

Michael ヘビ Steinwandter Feb 26, 2025

NEW EUROPEAN RECORD 🎉

We were able to detect the Pygmy Shrews (Sorex minutus) in the high #alpine up to 3,300 m a.s.l. in #SouthTyrol #Italy, 780 metres higher than known before 🐁

New short note in #Hystrix (w/ #ChiaraPaniccia & @Eliag from https://bsky.app/profile/euracalpenv.bsky.social )

📄 https://doi.org/10.4404/hystrix-00760-2024

#PygmyShrew #Shrews #SmallMammals #Hystrix #Südtirol #AltoAdige #EuropeanAlps #BiodiversityMonitoringSouthTyrol #GLORIA #Mountains #MountainPeaks #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity #Monitoring #AlpSoil_Lab #Glaciers #OetztalAlps #Sesvenna