Eulipotyphla

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The order Insectivora (from Latin insectum "insect" and vorare "to eat") is a now-abandoned biological grouping within the class of mammals. Some species have now been moved out, leaving the remaining ones in the order Eulipotyphla, within the larger clade Laurasiatheria, which makes up one of the most basic clades of placental mammals. The combination of Soricidae and Erinaceidae, referred to as order Eulipotyphla, has been shown to be monophyletic.
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Erinaceinae - Hedgehogs

There are seventeen species of hedgehog in five genera, found through parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and New Zealand (by introduction). There are no hedgehogs native to Australia, and no living species native to the Americas.

Hedgehogs are easily recognized by their spines, which are hollow hairs made stiff with keratin. Their spines are not poisonous or barbed and, unlike the quills of a porcupine, cannot easily be removed from the hedgehog.
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Common hedgehog

phylum Chordata The European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), or common hedgehog, is found in northern and western Europe. It is a common and well-known species, and is a favourite in European gardens, both for its unique, cute appearance and its insectivorous habits.

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class Mammalia
infraclass Eutheria
clade Eulipotyphla
order Erinaceomorpha
family Erinaceidae
genus Erinaceus
species E. europaeus

Four-toed hedgehog

phylum Chordata The four-toed hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris), or African pygmy hedgehog, is a species of hedgehog found throughout much of central and eastern Africa.

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class Mammalia
infraclass Eutheria
clade Eulipotyphla
order Erinaceomorpha
family Erinaceidae
genus Atelerix
species A. albiventris

Long-eared hedgehog

phylum Chordata The long-eared hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus) is a species of hedgehog native to Central Asian countries and some countries of the Middle East. The long-eared hedgehog lives in burrows that it either makes or finds and is distinguished by its long ears. It is considered one of the smallest Middle Eastern hedgehogs.

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class Mammalia
infraclass Eutheria
clade Eulipotyphla
order Erinaceomorpha
family Erinaceidae
genus Atelerix
species A. albiventris

North African hedgehog

phylum Chordata The North African hedgehog (Atelerix algirus) or Algerian hedgehog, is a mammal species in the family Erinaceidae native to Algeria, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Spain, and Tunisia. Little is known about this hedgehog, even though the most common breed of domesticated hedgehogs is a result of crossing a four-toed hedgehog with a North African hedgehog. Because this species of hedgehog is native to Africa, it has been suggested that it was introduced by humans to the other countries where it is now found, including Spain and the Canary Islands.

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class Mammalia
infraclass Eutheria
clade Eulipotyphla
order Erinaceomorpha
family Erinaceidae
genus Atelerix
species A. algirus


Soricidae - Shrews

A shrew or shrew mouse (family Soricidae) is a small mole-like mammal. True shrews are also not to be confused with West Indies shrews, treeshrews, otter shrews, or elephant shrews, which belong to different families or orders.

Although its external appearance is generally that of a long-nosed mouse, a shrew is not a rodent, as mice are, and is in fact more closely related to moles. Shrews have sharp, spike-like teeth, not the familiar gnawing front incisor teeth of rodents.

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Himalayan water shrew

phylum Chordata The Himalayan water shrew (Chimarrogale himalayica) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in China, India, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

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class Mammalia
infraclass Eutheria
clade Eulipotyphla
order Soricomorpha
family Soricidae
Genus Chimarrogale
species C. himalayica

Japanese water shrew

phylum Chordata The Japanese water shrew (Chimarrogale platycephalus), also called the flat-headed water shrew, is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Japan.

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class Mammalia
infraclass Eutheria
clade Eulipotyphla
order Soricomorpha
family Soricidae
Genus Chimarrogale
species C. platycephalus

Laxmann's shrew

phylum Chordata Laxmann's shrew (Sorex caecutiens) is reported across northern Eurasia from the Baltic to the Sea of Japan, including Hokkaidō, Sakhalin, and the Korean Peninsula. It favors high mountain forests, but is sometimes found in lowland areas as well.

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class Mammalia
infraclass Eutheria
clade Eulipotyphla
order Soricomorpha
family Soricidae
Genus Sorex
species S. caecutiens


Talpidae - Moles, shrew moles and desmans

The family Talpidae includes the moles, shrew moles, desmans, and other intermediate forms of small insectivorous mammals of the order Soricomorpha. Talpids are all digging animals to various degrees: moles are completely subterranean animals; shrew moles and shrew-like moles somewhat less so; and desmans, while basically aquatic, excavate dry sleeping chambers; whilst the quite unique star-nosed mole is equally adept in the water and underground. Talpids are found across the Northern Hemisphere and southern Asia, Europe, and North America, although none are found in Ireland nor anywhere in the Americas south of northern Mexico.


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European Mole

phylum Chordata The European mole is also known as the common mole and the northern mole. This mole lives in an underground tunnel system, which it constantly extends. It uses these tunnels to hunt its prey.

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class Mammalia
infraclass Eutheria
clade Eulipotyphla
order Soricomorpha
family Talpidae
genus Talpa
species T. europaea

Japanese shrew mole

phylum Chordata The Japanese shrew mole or himizu (Urotrichus talpoides) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to Japan and is found on Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Awaji Island, Shodo Island, Oki Islands, Tsushima Island, Goto Islands, Mishima Island (Yamaguchi Prefecture), and Awashima Island (Niigata Prefecture), but is absent from Hokkaido. It is one of three Urotrichini and it is the only species in the genus Urotrichus.

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class Mammalia
infraclass Eutheria
clade Eulipotyphla
order Soricomorpha
family Talpidae
genus Urotrichus
species U. talpoides

Small Japanese mole

phylum Chordata The small Japanese mole (Mogera imaizumii) is a species of mammal in the Talpidae family. It is endemic to Japan.

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class Mammalia
infraclass Eutheria
clade Eulipotyphla
order Soricomorpha
family Talpidae
genus Mogera
species M. imaizumii


Galericinae - Gymnures

The gymnure is also called a hairy hedgehog or moonrat. Although more closely related to hedgehogs, their resemblance is akin to rats. Gymnures are thought to have appeared in Eastern Asia before their closest relatives, and changed little from the original ancestor, which is thought to have been also the ancestor of the shrews.
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