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Pygmy vs. Greater White toothed shrew

  • 28-05-2012 8:40pm
    #1
    sineadgalway
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 232 ✭✭


    Folks,

    Came across a dead shrew the other day, no camera with me so no photos, but wondering if anyone knows how to differentiate the two species?


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,518 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Unpigmented teeth, it's in the name :) you're looking at the enamel part.
    Also the White toothed are bigger, Pygmy are around 2 inches without the tail, the white toothed range from 6-9 cm without the tail.

    Greater white toothed.
    France%20Lesser%20White-toothed%20Shrew.jpg
    Pygmy teeth.
    sorexmonticolus.jpg
    Dunno if that's a pygmy but that's what the iron deposits look like in the teeth.


  • #3
    ifconfig
    Registered Users Posts: 880 ✭✭✭ifconfig


    Our cats have brought in pygmy shrew (not sure which variety.. I can supply photo) on 3 occasions or more since we got them a few months back.
    In East Mayo, near Knock.

    -ifc


  • #4
    sineadgalway
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 232 ✭✭sineadgalway


    nice one, thanks folks. It was a pygmy so.....


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