| Like their relatives, rubber boas kill by constriction, with prey usually mice or shrews. |
| There are many possibilities, especially for comparative research in mole rats, agouti, gerbils and elephant shrews. |
| Even comprehensive analyses have not clarified phylogenetic relationships among aardvarks, tenrecs, golden moles, and elephant shrews. |
| Foxes, rabbits, harvest mice, house mice, dormice, shrews, weasels, and voles all depend on the hedgerows as a place to breed, hunt or shelter. |
| Afrotheria is a newly recognized taxon comprising elephants, hyraxes, sea cows, aardvarks, golden moles, tenrecs, and elephant shrews. |
| The placental mammals include such diverse forms as whales, bats, elephants, shrews, and armadillos. |
