Extinction of the Christmas Island Shrew: A Tiny Mammal Lost Forever
It never weighed more than a spoonful of sugar. Five or six grams of life, soft-furred and sharp-nosed, moving through the roots and leaf litter of a tiny island in the Indian Ocean. At night, its…
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