pygmy
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When you’re a consulting detective—even one who happens to be a pygmy shrew—trouble often has a way of finding you.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The strain on the cruise ship is mostly spread by long-tailed pygmy rice rats via their saliva, feces or urine.
From Salon ● May 11, 2026
The first rediscovered species was the pygmy long-fingered possum, a striped marsupial weighing about 200g, which is understood to have vanished from Australia during the Ice Age.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
Around 61,000 years ago, the pygmy elephant population declined sharply.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026
Seems like that’s where Matt and Lance came from when they said they lost the pygmy.
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
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