First up is the Pygmy shrew, Ireland’s smallest mammal.
Its latin name is Sorex minutus which simply means “little shrew”.
In Irish it is known as Dallog Fhraoigh which means “blind mouse” which is likely due to its tiny eyes 1/

#HeritageWeek2021 #kilkenny Weighing less that a €1 coin it was considered the world’s smallest mammal until the discovery of the Bumble Bee bat in 2001 edgeofexistence.org/species/bumble… 2/
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