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| 50 spp; tenrecs, otter shrews, golden moles; endemic African mammals; small/nocturnal/insectivorous or carnivorous |
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| 15 spp; elephant shrews; nose elongated/flexible; insectivorous; hind limbs long for rapid bouncing |
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| 1 spp; Aardvark; long head w/ tubular snout; long protrusile tongue; eats termites/ants; burrows; noctural |
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| 4 spp; hyraxes, conies; rodent-like but w/ flattened nails like elephants; herbivorous; males have tusks |
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| 4 spp; manatees, dugongs; warm coastal waters; worldwide except west coast of NA & SA; herbivorous |
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| 2 spp; elephants; use infrasound & seismic communication; highly intelligent |
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| 30 spp; armadillos, sloths, anteaters; simplified dental patterns (edentates); armadillos = scavengers; anteaters like aardvarks; sloths = herbivorous |
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| 2300 spp; rats, mice, squirrels, guinea pigs, porcupines, beavers; worldwide except Antarctica; gnawing mammals w/ sharp, chisel-like incisors that grow continuously; diastema |
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| 90 spp; rabbits, hares, pikas; worldwide except Antarctica; gnawing incisors & a diastema |
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| 20 spp; tree shrews; look like squirrels w/ primate-like ears; omnivorous; some terrestrial |
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| 2 spp; flying lemur (colugo); arboreal; herbivorous; size of a large squirrel; broad folds of skin extending b/w limbs & onto tail |
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| 375 spp; lemurs, monkeys, apes, humans; adapted for life in trees primarily in tropics; omnivorous |
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| 550 spp; hedgehogs, moles, shrews; worldwide except Antarctica; eat insects or soft-bodied inverts; generally nocturnal |
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| 1120 spp; bats; worldwide except Antarctica |
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| 285 spp; dogs, cats, bears, raccoons, weasels, hyenas PLUS seals, sea lions, walruses (suborder Pinnepedia)l; worldwide; hinge-like jaw joints; specialized cutting teeth; large temporalis muscles |
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| 8 spp; pangolins; no teeth; eat ants & termites; body covering of overlapping keratinous scales |
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| 17 spp; horses, tapirs, zebras, rhinoceros; worldwide except Antarctica; ungulates w/ ODD # of toes; axis of foot passes through middle toe |
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| 240 spp; pigs, hippopotamus, camels, deer, giraffes, sheep, cattle; worldwide except Antarctica; ungulates w/ EVEN # of toes |
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| 80 spp; porpoises, dolphins, sperm whales, baleen whales; worldwide in oceans |
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