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Eulipotyphla

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A order of small, mostly insect-eating mammals with elongated snouts and, generally, poor eyesight compensated for by acute senses of smell and touch. Eulipotyphla includes shrews, moles and hedgehogs.

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Member Species/Taxa Count
530 1
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Taxonomic Rank
Order 1
Scientific Name
Eulipotyphla 1
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Mammalia, Taxa
Sources
1. Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeView the Source
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