Find out about our new strategic partnership with GWC to help conserve the world’s small mammals!
NEWS! Learn more about the differing fortunes of two Australian SMSG species which have just been reassessed on the IUCN Red List!
One of our SMSG team is currently out in Colombia to help with research on the Santa Marta Toro (Santamartamys rufodorsalis). To find out more about this trip read her latest blog.
Ros Kennerley is the Programme Officer for the SMSG and is responsible for overseeing the Red Listing reassessments, developing membership of the group, and improving communications.
The IUCN SSC Small Mammal Specialist Group is a global network of scientists and conservationists working for a better scientific understanding of the world’s 2800 species of small mammal and to promote conservation of the most threatened. Read more…
The Small Mammal Specialist Group is responsible for three orders of small mammal – the rodents, tree shrews and the eulipotyphlans, made up of the shrews, moles, hedgehogs and solenodons. Why not read more about the small mammals for which we are responsible?
The Small Mammal Specialist Group is responsible for three orders of small mammal – the rodents, tree shrews and the eulipotyphlans, made up of the shrews, moles, hedgehogs and solenodons.
Why not read more about the small mammals for which we are responsible?
Our global conservation priorities and the people working on the ground to save small mammals
Find out about the amazing diversity of small mammals – half of all mammal species
The science of the diversity, ecology and conservation status of over 2800 small mammal species
Many small mammals haven’t been seen for decades – are they extinct or have we not looked hard enough?