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Australia’s only shrew declared extinct: Christmas Island’s unique mammal lost forever

Australia has lost another native mammal, the Christmas Island shrew (Crocidura trichura), officially declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List on 10 ...
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Australia’s Only Shrew is Now officially Extinct, Killed by Non-native Species Introduced by Humans

The Christmas Island shrew was a small, short-legged creature with a pointed muzzle. Like other shrews, it resembled a mouse and weighed around 4-6 grams (under 0.2 oz). It was once abundant on ...