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Elephant Shrew, a family of small mammals found in Africa. The family is made up of four genera and about 15 species. See more »
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Insectivores are carnivorous mammals that survive by eating almost nothing but small insects. Insectivores include bats, frogs, lizards and anteaters.
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How do armadillos roll into a ball?
Remember practicing the stop, drop and roll drill in school? If you were an armadillo, rolling up into a tight little ball would be second nature. But how do these armored creatures tuck every last square inch of themselves into a sphere? And why?
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What's the difference between an anteater and an aardvark?
If your home has termites and the exterminator is booked, you might want to send in an anteater or aardvark. Though both these animals love insects, they're two totally different species.
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Why are sloths so slow?
Ever since word spread about the seven deadly sins, sloths have been getting a bad rap. These sluggish tree-dwellers conserve energy by stopping to smell (and eat) the roses.
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Aardvark
Aardvark, an African mammal. The name means "earth pig" in Afrikaans and refers to its resemblance to a pig and to its habit of digging.
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Anteater
Anteater, any of several species of toothless animals that feed chiefly on ants and termites.
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Armadillo
Armadillo, a small mammal, related to the anteater and sloth, that is protected by armorlike bony plates.
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Echidna
Echidna, or Spiny Anteater, an egg-laying mammal closely related to the duckbill platypus.
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Elephant Shrew
Elephant Shrew, a family of small mammals found in Africa. The family is made up of four genera and about 15 species.
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Hedgehog
Hedgehog, or Urchin, a small insect-eating mammal related to the mole and shrew. Of the 15 species of hedgehogs, most are found in Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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Sloth
Sloth, an extremely slow-moving mammal native to the forests of Central and South America.
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Desman, an aquatic, insect-eating mammal. Desmans are from 9 to 17 inches (23 to 43 cm) long, including a 5- to 8-inch (13- to 20--cm) tail.
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Edentata, the former name of an order of mammals that includes anteaters, armadillos, and sloths.
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Ground Sloth, an extinct American sloth related to the anteater and tree sloth of today.
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Mole, a small insect-eating mammal related to the shrew. It lives in underground burrows and is found throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
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Pangolin, or Scaly Anteater, a mammal native to southern Asia and Africa. The top of the pangolin's head and its back, tail, and legs are covered with horny, sharp-edged, overlapping scales.
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Shrew, a small predatory mammal of the family Soricidae. There are about 250 species.
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Solenodon, a mammal that somewhat resembles a shrew. There are only two species - one found in Cuba, the other on Hispaniola.
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Tenrec, a mammal found on Madagascar and nearby islands. There are about 20 species, including the common tenrec, the streaked tenrec, and various species of rice tenrecs and long-tailed tenrecs.
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Tree Shrew, or Tupaya, a family of tree-dwelling, squirrel-shaped mammals found in India and the mainland and islands of southeast Asia.
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