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 – which is described as looking similar to a character in children's TV show The Clangers – has never before been found before on mainland Britain.

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.

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 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 ...

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 first appeared along the north Tipperary border in 2009 or 2010. Since then, it has spread along the Shannon up to Birr, ...

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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 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 ...

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