8 4 



CHARACTERS OF VERTEBRATE ANIMALS 



All the preceding are small groups, but the mouse-like Shrews 

 include a large number of species, and are found in all parts of 

 the world except South America and Australia with its related 



Fig. 52. Insectivores 



i, Hedgehog (Erinaceus); 2, Mole (Taipei); 3, Elephant-Shrew (Macroscelides}; 4, Shrew (Crocidura); 

 5, Tanrec (Ceutetes}; 6, Banxring (Tupaia). 



islands. There are three British species, the Common Shrew 

 (Sorex vulgaris), the Lesser Shrew (Sorex minutus), and the 

 Water Shrew (Crossopus fodiens}. The two first are the 

 smallest British mammals, and indeed the group includes the 

 smallest known mammals found in any part of the world, one 



