Afrosoricida
Mitochondrial Phylogeny
Eulipotyphla
References
- Ebsco
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Moscow
- Encyclopedia of the USSR
- Bucknell University
- University of Michigan
- American Society of Mammalogists
1)Moles (Talpidae)
-fossorial aniamls adapted for digging
-live underground
-worms,small invertabrates
Mole Damage
Northern Short Tailed Shrew (Blarina brevicauda)
inhabitats N.America
- venomous
- 108-140 mm
- 15-30 g
- diet: earthworms,seeds,voles,snails and even smaller shrews
- The saliva of the Northern Short-tailed Shrew contains a kallikrein protease, used to paralyze. The toxin is strong enough to kill small animals (Ballenger, LB. (2000). Blarina brevicauda.)
- This animal is capable of digging at a rate of 2.5 centimeters per minute, in-between resting. (George, SBG, Choate, JRC, & Genoways, HCG. (1986). Mamalian species, blarina brevicauda. 3(261))
a)European Mole
- black(sometimes albino)
- short legs,large claws
- narrow snout
- well developed insicors
a)European Hedghog((Erinaceus europaeus)
- 30 cm long
- woodlands
- pest in NZ
3)Shrews (Soricidae)
-similar to long-nosed mouse yet not rodent
-sharp spike like teeth
-15 cm & 100 g
-life span: 12-30 months
-teritorial,live solitary life only socialising for mating
-echolocate
2)Hedgehogs (Erinaceidae)
-no in N.America and Australia
-sharp spine
-primarily nocturnal
-derived from the Middle English 'heyghoge'
-invertabrates and berries
Talpidae
Soricidae
Erinaceidae
Giant Otter Shrew
- canivorous(fish,mollusc,frogs,crabs,insects)
- streams, wetlands,rivers
- Central Africa
- largest Eulipotyphla
Afrosoricida (eng. looking like african shrews) contains of Tenrecs and the Golden Mole of Africa
Mitochondrial phylogeny: phylogeny defined by differences in human mitochondrial DNA.
Formerly a member of the Insectivora order until it's split in 1990
EULIPOTYPHIA
EULIPOTYPHLA