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Family CHRYSOCHLORIDAE - Golden Moles

Chrysospalax villosus - Rough-haired golden mole - S Africa
  • 009 Ventral view, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, 1976. G C Hickman
  • 010 Front view, standing posture, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, 1976. G C Hickman

    Family ERINACEIDAE - Hedgehogs; Gymnures

    Atelerix albiventris - African Hedgehog - Africa, from Senegal to Somalia
  • 1120 Side view, in captivity, Riverbanks Zoological Park, SC, 1991. A H Shoemaker

    Atelerix frontalis - African hedgehog - S Africa
  • 011 Female nursing young, Victoria West, South Africa, 1974. J Visser
  • 012 Ventral view of newborn, Victoria West, South Africa, 1974. J Visser
  • 205 Captive in rolled-up defensive posture, Victoria West, South Africa, 1974. J Visser
  • 1026 Oblique view of adult, 1988. J Visser

    Hemiechinus auritus - Long-eared hedgehog - C and SW Asia; N Africa
  • 489 Side view, Baku, USSR, 1978. M Andera

    Family SORICIDAE - Shrews

    Blarina brevicauda - Short-tailed shrew - North America
  • 020 Side view, Oktibbeha County, MS, USA, 1974. R Altig
  • 644 Ventral view of skull, dorsal view of lower jaw, Boone, NC, USA, 1979. R W Van Devender

    Crocidura sp. - Peters' musk shrew - subsaharan Africa
  • 491 Side view, Thornville, Natal, South Africa. K Willan

    Crocidura leucodon - Bicolor white-toothed shrew - C Europe, Middle East
  • 492 Side view, South Moravia, Czechoslovakia, 1978. M Andera

    Crocidura mariquensis - Marico shrew - S Africa
  • 023 Side view of captive, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, 1974. Zool. Dept., Univ. of Natal

    Crocidura suaveolens - Lesser white-toothed shrew - SW Europe, N Africa, S Asia
  • 493 Side view, Sumava Mountains, Czechoslovakia, 1980. M Andera

    Cryptotis parva - Least shrew - E North America south of Canada
  • 957 Side view, Ex-Lago de Texcoco, State of Mexico, 2250 m. F A Cervantes Reza

    Myosorex varius - Mouse shrew - S Africa
  • 021 Side view, Silvermine, South Africa. J Visser

    Neomys anomalus - Southern water shrew - S Europe, SW Asia
  • 496 Side view, Sumava Mountains, Czechoslovakia, 1980. M Andera

    Neomys fodiens - Northern water shrew - Europe, N Asia
  • 497 Side view, Jeseniky Mountains, Czechoslovakia, 1978. M Andera

    Sorex alpinus - Alpine shrew - Europe
  • 494 Oblique view, Jeseniky Mountains, Czechoslovakia, 1978. M Andera
  • 1027 Oblique view, Sumava Mts, Czechoslovakia, 1988. M Andera

    Sorex araneus - Common shrew - Eurasia
  • 784 Side view, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, 1982. M Andera

    Sorex arcticus - Arctic shrew
  • 1391 Young adult, prior to winter molt, NE Montana, 2000. T Maier and N Perry

    Sorex cinereus - Masked shrew
  • 1392 Central MA, 1999. T Maier and N Perry

    Sorex minutus - Pygmy shrew - Europe, W Asia
  • 495 Side view, South Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, 1976. M Andera

    Sorex palustris - Water shrew - SE Alaska, Canada S of treeline, montane and boreal areas of USA
  • 1287 Side view, Mt. Hood, Clackamas Co., OR, 1995. R B Forbes

    Sorex vagrans - Vagrant shrew - W North America from Alaska to C Mexico
  • 1288 Dorsolateral view, tail and feet visible, Sauvic Island, Multnomah Co., OR, 1995. R B Forbes

    Suncus murinus - Musk shrew - Old World tropics
  • 022 Side view, Nat. Zool. Park, Washington, D. C., USA. (contributed by J F Eisenberg)

    Family TALPIDAE - Moles

    Condylura cristata - Star-nosed mole - North America
  • 649 Close-up of head showing nasal rays, Oswego, NY, USA, 1981. G C Hickman
  • 650 Side view, swimming in aquarium, Oswego, NY, USA, 1981. G C Hickman

    Neurotrichus gibbsii - Shrew-mole - NW North America
  • 727 Close-up of animal's head emerging from hole in tree, Bellevue, WA, USA, 1969. V B Scheffer
  • 728 Oblique view of captive eating, Bellevue, WA, USA, 1969. V B Scheffer

    Parascalops breweri - Hairy-tailed mole - SE Canada, NE USA
  • 646 Ventral view of skull, dorsal view of lower jaw, Boone, NC, USA, 1979. R W Van Devender
  • 852 Side view of dead specimen on wooden ledge, Rush, NY, USA, 1979. D C Gordon

    Scalopus aquaticus - Eastern mole - E North America
  • 647 Close-up view of ventral side of head & view of forelimbs, 1981. G C Hickman
  • 648 Ventral view of skull, dorsal view of lower jaw, Boone, NC, USA, 1979. R W Van Devender

    Scapanus orarius - Coast mole - NW USA & SW Canada
  • 346 Dorsolateral view, Bellingham, WA, USA, 1978. C M Senger

    Talpa europaea - European mole - Europe
  • 645 Close-up of head, Nottingham, England, 1981. G C Hickman
  • 1028 Side view, Sumava Mts, Czechoslovakia, 1988. M Andera
  • 1193 Field with mounds made by this mole, close-up and distant examples. Sumava Mts., Czech Republic, 1993. M Andrea

    Family TENRECIDAE - Tenrecs

    Echinops telfairi - Lesser hedgehog-tenrec - Madagascar (Malagasy Republic)
  • 025 Side view, Nat. Zool. Park, Washington, D.C., USA. (Contributed by J F Eisenberg)

    Hemicentetes semispinosus - Streaked tenrec - Madagascar (Malagasy Republic)
  • 024 Side view, Nat. Zool. Park, Washington D. C., USA. (Contributed by J F Eisenberg)

    Microgale dobsoni - Long-tailed tenrec - Madagascar (Malagasy Republic)
  • 027 Side view, Nat. Zool. Park, Washington, D. C. USA. (Contributed by J F Eisenberg)

    Tenrec ecaudatus - Tenrec - Madagascar (Malagasy Republic)
  • 026 Side view, subadult, Nat. Zool. Park, Washington, D. C., USA. (Contributed by J F Eisenberg)

    Last updated on 25 August 2005.