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Balearic Shrew
Art Of Balearic Shrew
Information
Range Majorca and Minorca, in the Balearic Islands of Spain.
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Soricomorpha
Family Soricidae
Genus Nesiotites
Species N. hidalgo
Conservation Status
EXSpecies
Extinct

The Balearic shrew (Nesiotites hidalgo) is an extinct species of shrew from Majorca and Minorca, in the Balearic Islands of Spain. The word "shrew" comes from Middle English schrewe which comes from Old English screawa which is descended from Proto-Germanic skrawwaz which is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- meaning "to cut, shorten, skimp".

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