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elephant shrew

Several insectivorous mammals of order Insectivora, family Macroscelididae. They are natives of Africa. They have long hindlegs for jumping, and a long snout.



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This superorder, made up of several African lineages, lumped tenrecs and golden moles with such groups as elephant shrews, aardvarks, hyraxes, elephants, and the slow, aquatic dugongs and manatees.
They're sequencing a what? Genome scientists go out on a limb of the ... by Milius, Susan / Science News
Markers in the DNA of modern animals, for example, link African creatures as diverse as elephants, elephant shrews, and aardvarks to a common ancestor (SN: 1/6/01, p.
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