- A
hedgehog is a
spiny mammal of the
subfamily Erinaceinae, in the
eulipotyphlan family Erinaceidae.
There are 17
species of
hedgehog in five
genera found...
- Porcupines'
spiny protection resembles that of the only
distantly related eulipotyphlan hedgehogs and
Australian monotreme echidnas as well as
tenrecid tenrecs...
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order are
called eulipotyphlans. The
order currently comprises 486
extant species,
which are
grouped into 53 genera.
Eulipotyphlans live worldwide, with...
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Laurasiatheria (represented by carnivorans, pholidotes, cetartiodactyls,
eulipotyphlans, and perissodactyls) and are only
distantly related to dermopterans...
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nesophontes (Nesophontes edithae), or
Puerto Rican shrew, is an
extinct eulipotyphlan endemic to
Puerto Rico. It is
believed that the
animal was
never observed...
- This
article records new taxa of
fossil mammals of
every kind that are
scheduled to be
described during the year 2025, as well as
other significant discoveries...
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Island gigantism, or
insular gigantism, is a
biological phenomenon in
which the size of an
animal species isolated on an
island increases dramatically...
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greater Cuban nesophontes (Nesophontes major) is an
extinct species of
eulipotyphlan that was
native to Cuba. It is
thought that the
introduction of rats...
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Nyctitheriidae †
Family Plesiosoricidae Family-level
cladogram of
modern eulipotyphlan relationships,
following Roca et al. and
Brace et al.: The
upper and...
- the
source information for more
information on the species' ranges.
Eulipotyphlans are
insectivorous mammals.
Alaska shrews have not been
studied as much...
