Mammals > Eulipotyphla
The Chinese Shrew Mole (Uropsilus soricipes), also known as the Gracile Shrew Mole, is an extraordinary, ancient evolutionary relict in the mole family Talpidae. Endemic to the misty, cloud-shrouded montane forests of southwestern China, it represents the most...
Mammals > Eulipotyphla
The Four-toed Hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris), also widely known as the African Pygmy Hedgehog or White-bellied Hedgehog, is an endearing and resilient insectivore native to the sun-baked savannas of sub-Saharan Africa. Distinguished from its European cousins by...
Mammals > Eulipotyphla
The Eurasian Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus), affectionately recognized across European natural history as the Pygmy Shrew, is an astonishingly tiny, hyperactive, and biologically extreme soricid mammal native to the temperate woodlands, meadows, and heaths of the...
Mammals > Eulipotyphla
The European Water Shrew (Neomys fodiens) is an extraordinary, semi-aquatic predatory mammal native to the pristine freshwater streams, rivers, and watercress beds of Eurasia, belonging to the true shrew family Soricidae. Holding the title of Europe’s largest...
Mammals > Eulipotyphla
The European Mole (Talpa europaea) is an anatomically specialized fossorial eulipotyphlan that has inhabited the subterranean stratum of the Western Palearctic since the early Pleistocene epoch. Belonging to the family Talpidae, this subterranean engineer constructs...
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