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Mention the evolutionary significance of the Shrews
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Solution
Shrews were the first mammals. These were the long-tailed insectivorous, squirrel-like creatures, which gave rise to the primitive primates, namely lemurs and tarsiers, in the beginning of the tertiary period (Palaeocene epoch).
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