BIG NEWS for small mammals!
Find out about our new strategic partnership with GWC to help conserve the world’s small mammals!
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NEWS! Learn more about the differing fortunes of two Australian SMSG species which have just been reassessed on the IUCN Red List!
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Welcome to the SMSG The IUCN SSC Small Mammal Specialist Group is a global network of scientists and conservationists working to enable a better scientific understanding of the world’s 2800 species of small mammal and to promote the conservation of the most threatened species. The SMSG website serves as an information hub for researchers, conservation professionals and keen naturalists interested in the world’s rodents, shrews, moles, solenodons, hedgehogs and tree-shrews. Discover more about the status of this amazingly diverse group of mammals, their threats and what needs to be done to...
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