IUCN SSC
Our website serves as an information hub for researchers, conservation professionals and keen naturalists who are interested in the world’s rodents, shrews, moles, solenodons, hedgehogs and tree-shrews.

Red List update
NEWS! Learn more about the differing fortunes of two Australian SMSG species which have just been reassessed on the IUCN Red List!

Welcome to the SMSG
The IUCN SSC Small Mammal Specialist Group is a global network of scientists and conservationists working for a better scientific understanding of the world’s 2800 species of small mammal and to promote conservation of the most threatened.

Small Mammals
The Small Mammal Specialist Group is responsible for three orders of small mammal – the rodents, tree shrews and the eulipotyphlans, made up of the shrews, moles, hedgehogs and solenodons.
Why not read more about the small mammals for which we are responsible?

Red List update
NEWS! Learn more about the differing fortunes of two Australian SMSG species which have just been reassessed on the IUCN Red List!

Red List update
NEWS! Learn more about the differing fortunes of two Australian SMSG species which have just been reassessed on the IUCN Red List!