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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/41806| Title: | Maltese shrews |
| Authors: | Schembri, Patrick J. |
| Keywords: | Crocidura -- Malta Shrews -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 1985 |
| Publisher: | Gulf Publishing Ltd. |
| Citation: | Schembri, P. J. (1985). Maltese shrews. Civilization, 25, 686-687. |
| Abstract: | Although not uncommon on our Islands, shrews are not familiar creatures to most people. This is reflected in the absence of any recorded Maltese popular name for these animals. In his work on Maltese mammals, Guido Lanfranco does not report any vernacular name and was constrained to coin one himself Gurdien ta' Halqu Twil. This describes exactly what shrews superficially most closely resemble: small mice with elongated snouts. However, shrews are not related to mice, being much more primitive mammals belonging to the order Insectivora. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/41806 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacSciBio |
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