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Crocidura Norcondamica

May 6 , 2021 1095 days 862 0
  • A team from the Zoological Survey of India has discovered a new insect eating mammal species in the Norcondam Island at Andaman.
  • The animal has been named Crocidura Norcondamica.
  • It is almost the size of the house mouse.
  • It lives in the forest floor and feed on insects.
  • They help to control the insect population in the dense Narcondam forest.
  • It belongs to Shrews family.
  • Shrews are not rodents.

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