#Elephant Shrew

[amnhnyc]

Behold the black and rufous elephant shrew (Rhynchocyon petersi)! Despite its diminutive size, this critter is more closely related to elephants than it is to shrews. It’s also distantly related to manatees, dugongs, and hyraxes. It uses its long snout to scoop up worms, ants, termites, roots, berries, and shoots to eat. To move around its territory, this fast-moving mammal creates networks of foraging trails, which also serve as escape routes from predators.

Photo: B kimmel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 

#nature #natural history #animals #did you know #fact of the day #cool animals #cute animals #shrew #animal facts #elephant shrew

[will0wisps]

SHOUT OUT TO CRITTERS!!! gotta be the best type of animal fr

just look at these guys

#critters #critterposting #animals #196 #rat #squirrel #raccoon #opossum #possum #ferret #elephant shrew #wispyposting

[mammalianmammals]

Four-toed Elephant Shrew aka Four-toed Sengi (Petrodromus tetradactylus), family Macroscelididae, order Macroscelidea, Gorongosa National Park, Mosambique

photograph by Piotr Naskrecki

#elephant shrew #sengi #macroscelidea #petrodromus #macroscelididae #mammal #africa #nature #animals

[nightmaresyrup]

Elephant SHROO!

Are they monogamous? The sillyness of snouted orbs dancing together followed by a snuggle feels kinda romantic?

#elephant shrew #shrews #Macroscelididae #Youtube

[thereissomethingunderthestairs]

Lesser known small mammals (or mammals whenever i bring up people have no idea what im talking about)

Quoll ..a carnivorous marsupial native to Australia that spends most of the day sleeping in its dens. there have been 111 recorded events of quolls eating human remains (x) (pictured here is a spotted-tail quoll)

Numbat..an insectivorous marsupial from Australia that is diurnal (or is primarily active during the day). unlike other mammals that primarily eat termites, they have a jaw with 50 very small teeth. they live in tree hollows and block the openings with the thick hide of their rump

Hyrax ..a small thickset herbivorous mammal that is more closely related to elephants and sea cows than pikas and marmots. theyre found in africa, and they have rubbery paw pads that help them climb up rocks (this is a rock hyrax)

Solenodon... a venomous, insectivorous little mammal that is easily provoked into a frenzy of squeaking and biting. it uses echolocation to compensate for its poor eyesight, and females have two teats almost located on its backside (above is a cuban solenodon)

Sengi (elephant shrews (or better known as the get a look at the snout species))...is another insectivore that is more closely related to elephants than true shrews. they live in southern Africa and have relatively large brains for their size (a respectable 11 inches) (this is a black and rufous sengi)

Tenrec..omnivorous little mammal that lives in land, sea, underground, and in trees. there are many different subspecies of tenrec that can look like hedgehogs, opossums, rats, and shrews (this is one is a lowland streaked tenrec from madagascar)

#i was going to include binturongs but compared to all the other guys its much larger #So i decided to just keep the list about small weird mammals #These of course arent all the small mammals out there.. just the ones i can remember offhand #mammalia #long post #quoll #spotted-tail quoll #marsupials #tenrec #streaked tenrec #elephant shrew #sengi #solenodon #cuban solenodon #hyrax #numbat #mammals #biology #zoology #animal facts

[rslashrats]

sneef snorf?

#ask #anon #elephant shrew #sneef snorf

[ghoul-butch]

happy trans butch thursday!

check this out;

#trans #trans butch #elephant shrew #shitposts #trans butch thursday

[theprocraftinator]

by rabbithatdesigns

#embroidery #rabbithatdesigns #RabbithatdesignsShop #animal #elephant shrew

[herbertwest]

#elephant shrew #take a closer look at that snout #what the sneef #aaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[mhaccunoval]

everyone shut up.

#mhac.txt #mhac creature feature #elephant shrew #the most appropriate names ever

[vintagewildlife]

Taxidermy four-toed elephant shrew By: Unknown photographer From: The Journal of Heredity 1910

#taxidermy #elephant shrew #afroinsectivore #afrotherian #mammal #1910 #1910s #The Journal of Heredity

[molluskzone]

elephant shrew sona

#furry #anthro #art #artists on tumblr #elephant shrew #sfw furry #fursona #my art

[galaxywolfdogassemble]

animal doodles

#my art #animals #red panda #arowana #oranda goldfish #caracal #elephant shrew

[byteofsoup]

#elephant shrew #sengi #weird mammal #NOT A RODENT!!!!!!!!

[dexmckinnery]

Weird and Wonderful World

The past few months I've started a project to try and raise funds/start selling original work on RedBubble... I finally have enough I feel I can share. =)

Weird and Wonderful World is a collection of animal merch (at the moment mostly stickers, magnets, badges/buttons, cushions and notebooks) featuring animals you tend to see less made for because they're either, for example; strange, obscure or not particularly cute.

At the moment, I have merch up for Jerboas, Elephant Shrews, Whale Sharks, Red-lipped Batfish, Anteaters, Platypuses, Potoos, Tawny Frogmouths, Long and Short-beaked Echidnas and Opossums!

I also have a bunch of pride versions for the Opossum!

(Just the Opossum at the moment since I don't want to saturate my store with variations... I'm willing to make pride versions of any of the other animals (or any other pride flags!) at request though! =))

I'm also open to suggestions for other animals! =) Please take a look, or maybe pass the link on to a friend who might be interested! Thanks so much for supporting my little project!

#Weird and Wonderful World #Animals #Art by Dext #Jerboa #Elephant Shrew #Whale Shark #Batfish #Anteater #Platypus #Potoo #Tawny Frogmouth #Echidna #Opossum #badges #pins #stickers #pride #lgbt #lgbtq

[boxafeller]

The happy fun time crew. Nothing can stop them.

#elephant shrew #dunnart #kultarr #jerboa #the happy fun time crew