{"id":22637,"date":"2022-12-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=22637"},"modified":"2022-12-15T10:45:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T09:45:29","slug":"new-species-of-shrew-in-sunderland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/2022\/12\/15\/new-species-of-shrew-in-sunderland\/","title":{"rendered":"New species of shrew in Sunderland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif intro\">Greater white-toothed shrew discovery is a first for mainland UK <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"865\" height=\"1156\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/12\/b954cd36-cf52-48fa-87c3-ba24dfbfec2c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-22635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/12\/b954cd36-cf52-48fa-87c3-ba24dfbfec2c.jpg 865w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/12\/b954cd36-cf52-48fa-87c3-ba24dfbfec2c-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/12\/b954cd36-cf52-48fa-87c3-ba24dfbfec2c-766x1024.jpg 766w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/12\/b954cd36-cf52-48fa-87c3-ba24dfbfec2c-768x1026.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" \/><figcaption>The greater white-toothed shrew has not been recorded in Britain before <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif dropcap\">A NEW SPECIES OF NON-NATIVE MAMMAL has been confirmed for mainland Britain after a social media post led to the chance discovery of a greater white-toothed shrew in North East England. The unusual-looking, long-snouted mammal caught the eye of ecologist Ian Bond and subsequent DNA tests confirmed that it was a greater white-toothed shrew, which is found across Western Europe and North Africa but up until now was not found in mainland UK. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">This shrew species was also discovered in Ireland nearly a decade ago where it is having a negative impact on Ireland\u2019s native shrews. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">\u201cThe greater white-toothed shrew is known to outcompete the native pygmy shrew in Ireland,\u201d says Allan McDevitt from the Mammal Society. \u201cIt is urgent that its distribution and potential impact in England is assessed.\u201d <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Research is underway to establish how the greater white-toothed shrew arrived in England.<br><strong>Simon Birch <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><figure class=\"no-tts alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/12\/d43416ca-be65-4a67-b696-842fdbe49f97.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-22636\" width=\"47\" height=\"47\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/12\/d43416ca-be65-4a67-b696-842fdbe49f97.jpg 451w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/12\/d43416ca-be65-4a67-b696-842fdbe49f97-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2022\/12\/d43416ca-be65-4a67-b696-842fdbe49f97-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 47px) 100vw, 47px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>Allan McDevitt studies shrews in Ireland<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"footer\">PHOTOS: ALLAN: SAM BROWETT; SHREW: RUTH CARDEN <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greater white-toothed shrew discovery is a first for mainland UK A NEW SPECIES OF NON-NATIVE MAMMAL has been confirmed for mainland Britain after a social media post led to the chance discovery of a greater white-toothed shrew in North East England. 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