Predation of the Nicobar Shrew Crocidura nicobarica by a Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
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The Nicobar Shrew Crocidura nicobarica (Miller, 1902) is an endemic and ‘Critically Endangered’ species restricted to Great Nicobar Island in the Andaman Sea, India. Predation instance on the Nicobar Shrew by a Cattle Egret is reported herewith for the first time in the littoral forests near Govind Nagar, Great Nicobar Island.
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