10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHREWLIKE»
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Head and body is 18.8-21.5 cm with a tail 10.5-14.6 cm (Nowak, 1999). Only two molars are present; these are small and peg-like. Incisors are described as needle-like and mandibles as delicate (Nowak, 1999; Balete et al., 2007).
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010
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Do-It-Yourself BIBLE PROPHECY KIT!
Chubbiest or pestilent or shrewlike put-down. Shrewlike, stubborn, polite put-
down heretics. Now nuttier, shrewlike, tubbiest clodhoppers. Whip-like trophies
seduce bluntest brown rot. Whip-like, tuberous, potent swindler botchers. Witch-
like ...
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Walker's Mammals of the World
Shrewlike. Tenrecs. There are 13 species (Jenkins 1988, 1992, 1993; MacPhee
1987n): M. cowani, northern, central, and eastern Madagascar; M. thomasi,
southeastern Madagascar; M. soricoides, east-central Madagascar; M. parvula, ...
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International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Sweetfish - tree snake
When alarmed, the heavily spined S. spinosus rolls up, but the common tenrec,
with only a few spines, does not. Molelike tenrecs burrow beneath the surface
and in banks and may be active both day and night. Shrewlike native to
Madagascar ...
472 The first primates evolved from (a) shrewlike monotremes (b) therapsids (c)
shrewlike placental mammals (d) tarsiers (e) shrewlike marsupials 2. The
anthropoids are more closely related to ___ than to ___. (a) tarsiers; lemurs (b)
lemurs; ...
Eldra Solomon, Charles Martin, Diana Martin, 2014
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A Guide to the Mammals of China
Comments: Reported as M. famulus cookii by Zhang et al. (1997). Conservation
Status: China RL—NA. References: Aplin et al. (2003); Marshall (1977a; 1997b).
Indochinese Shrewlike Mouse Mus pahari Thomas, 1916 锡 Xijin Xiaoshu MAP ...
Andrew T. Smith, Yan Xie, Robert S. Hoffmann, 2010
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A Guide to the Mammals of the Southeastern United States
Solenodon: a primitive shrewlike insectivore found in Cuba and Hispaniola.
Subspecies: a geographically and morphologically distinct race or subdivision of
a species. Succession: the orderly replacement of communities with time on a
given ...
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Discover Nature at Sundown: Things to Know and Things to Do
Using this clue and other indications, most evolutionary biologists believe that
bats share a common ancestor — a shrewlike animal that lived in the trees. Other
scientists speculate that large, fruit-eating bats did not evolve from a shrewlike ...
Elizabeth P. Lawlor, 1995
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Encyclopedia of Islands
but certain species are shrewlike (small Microgale), hedgehog-like (several
genera of the subfamily Tenrecinae), molelike (Oryzorictes), otter-like (Limnogale
), and mouselike (Geogale). The carnivorans of Madagascar form an endemic ...
Rosemary G. Gillespie, D. A. Clague, 2009
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PSYCHOLOGY OF LEARNING&MOTIVTION V23 CTH
Thus, it is probable that the stem mammal, a small shrewlike creature, had a
hippocampus though its reptilian relatives did not. But why did the hippocampus
develop? What purpose did it serve? If we can answer these questions we might
be ...
Robert D. Hawkins, Gordon H. Bower, 1989
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHREWLIKE»
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Did Mammals Sleep Through Cosmic Impact That Ended Dinosaurs?
A shrewlike creature in Madagascar that can hibernate for at least nine months of the year without waking may help reveal how mammals survived the cataclysm ... «Yahoo News, Oct 14»
Dinosaur Extinction Spurred Rise of Modern Mammals, Study Says
Wible and colleagues performed their analysis after discovering a well-preserved shrewlike creature among fossils collected in the Gobi desert of Mongolia. «National Geographic, Jun 07»
Extinct Species of "Mosaic" Mammal Found in China
Measuring 4 inches (10 centimeters) long and weighing 15 to 20 grams (0.5 to 0.7 ounce), the shrewlike creature had a thick coat of fur. Writing in tomorrow's ... «National Geographic, Jan 06»
Scientists Recreate Genome of Ancient Human Ancestor
Scientists have recreated part of the genetic code of an extinct, shrewlike creature that is thought to have been the most recent common ancestor of most ... «National Geographic, Jan 05»
