• Question: what is a pygmy shrews ?

    Asked by science24 to Ed, Sam, Steve, Vera on 22 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Sam Tazzyman

      Sam Tazzyman answered on 22 Jun 2011:

      It’s a tiny rodent:

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Pygmy_Shrew

    • Photo: Vera Weisbecker

      Vera Weisbecker answered on 22 Jun 2011:

      It’s not a rodent (rodents are mouse-like animals), it is actually from a totally different group of animals than rodents called Lipotyphla. They look a bit like small rodents but have a different skull and skeleton. Also, rodents tend to be more vegetarian and pygmy shrews are tiny insect-eaters. Pygmy shrews are the smallest mammals there are!

    • Photo: Steven Daly

      Steven Daly answered on 22 Jun 2011:

      That is so adorable!! I like pygmy shrews now =}

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