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Observation on the Re-Occurrence Of Nicobar Spiny Shrew (Crocidura nicobarica Miller, 1902):A Critically Endangered Mammal of Great Nicobar Island, India
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The re-occurrence of Nicobar spiny shrew Crocidura nicobarica a critically endangered and endemic species was found at Great Nicobar Island during the survey. The morphological and osteological and its behavioral observations have been analyzed in this paper after its original description by Miller (1902).
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Crocidura nicobarica, Endangered Mammal, Great Nicobar Island, Spiny Shrew.
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