Gymnure
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see hedgehog.
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Hedgehog - Old World insectivorous mammal of the family Erinaceidae, related to moles and shrews. The spiny hedgehogs are found in Africa and Eurasia, except SE Asia.
Mindanao gymnure (Podogymnura truei)
Moonrat (Echinosorex gymnura)
Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
Long-eared hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus)
Brandt's hedgehog (Paraechinus hypomelas)
Desert hedgehog (Paraechinus aethiopicus) ...
Shrew Gymnure, Neotetracus sinensis
Genus Podogymnura
Dinagat Gymnure, Podogymnura aureospinula
Mindanao Gymnure, Podogymnura truei ...
Hedgehogs (but not gymnures) are covered with sharp spines. Many species of hedgehogs can roll up into a ball, hiding all vulnerable areas of the body under the protective spines. Gymnures lack spines but when threatened, produce a foul smell.
Insectivora is an order of placental mammals that includes hedgehogs, moles, solenodons, tenrecs, gymnures, and many shrews. Insectivora means "insect eaters." ...
However, that order was shown to be polyphyletic and various new orders were split off from it, including Afrosoricida (tenrecs and golden moles), Macroscelidea (elephant shrews), and Erinaceomorpha (hedgehogs and gymnures), ...
 See also: Hedgehog, Shrew, Rabbit, Marsupial, Lemur
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