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The banxring (genus Tupaia), is a quadruped belonging to the Insectivora, inhabiting the Indian Archipelago, bearing some resemblance externally to a squirrel, but having a long pointed snout. They live among trees, which they ascend with great agility.
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Chrysochloridae is the golden moles family of mammals belonging to the order Insectivora.
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The Galemys are a genus of mammals of the family Talpidae, order Insectivora, allied to the shrews. They live in burrows at the sides of streams and feed on insects.
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The hedgehog is various genera of small prickly carnivorous mammals of the order Insectivora, family Erinaceidae covered with spines in lieu of hair. They are solitary, nocturnal animals living in small thickets and feeding on caterpillars, beetles, slugs, worms, young mice, eggs and fruit. Hedgehogs are fond of raw or roasted flesh, and will devour cockroaches in large numbers when kept in houses.
By means of a special muscle the hedgehog is able to roll itself up into a ball, and in this form can defy most of its enemies. It has a rudimentary tail, elongated nose, short ears, with a cranium comparatively broad. The hind feet have five toes, and strong coarse hair covers some parts of the body. The teeth are numerous. Hedgehogs grow to about 30 centimetres long and can live up to six years. The hedgehog hibernates in winter. The female bears four to eight young at a birth, the young soon becoming covered with prickles. It is found in Britain and in most parts of Europe. Other species are found in Asia and Africa. Hedgehogs are so called on account of their cooked flesh closely resembling that of the hog or pig.
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Insectivora is an order of small Eutheria which eat insects. The teeth are small and have pointed cusps.
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Scandentia is the tree shrew order of Insectivora containing just one family, Tupaiidae. They are arboreal shrews found only in India and Malaysia. They resemble squirrels in external appearance, but have the typically long muzzle of the shrews and possess a complete auditory bullae and zygomatic arches. Their orbits are large, and behind the orbit is a well-developed and complete postorbital process. They feed on insects and fruit.
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Solenodontidae is a family of mammals belonging to the order Insectivora.
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Soricidae is a family of mammals belonging to the order Insectivora which includes the shrews and musk-rats.
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Talpidae is a family of mammals belonging to the order Insectivora.
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Tenrecidae is a family of mammals belonging to the order Insectivora.
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