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	Shrew Opossum - MSN Encarta
		Shrew opossums are not well known because they are nocturnal—that is, they are active at night—and most inhabit inaccessible, mountainous regions.
		Shrew opossums were more abundant in South America during prehistoric times, but now are confined to the alpine forests and meadows of the Andes mountains from southern Venezuela to Chile.
		Shrew opossums spend most of their time on the ground, feeding on insects, spiders, grubs, and other invertebrates.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761596189/Shrew_Opossum.html (0 words)

	Opossum - LoveToKnow 1911
		True opossums are found throughout the greater part of America from the United States to Patagonia, the number of species being largest in the more tropical parts (see Marsupialia).
		The numerous cheek-teeth are crowned with minute sharply-pointed cusps, with which to crush the insects on which these creatures feed, for the opossums seem to take in South America the place in the economy of nature filled in other countries by hedgehogs, moles, shrews, andc.
		The true opossums are typically represented by Didelphys marsupialis, a species, with several local races, ranging over the greater part of North America (except the extreme north).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Opossum (653 words)

	Mammals and Other Warm-Blooded Animals - Vol 1
		In a very general sense, the Didelphidae can be said to inhabit both New World continents, from southeastern Canada to southern South America, but the common or Virginia opossum is the only marsupial making its home in the continental U.S. and Canada.
		Tiny, secretive, and living in remote regions, shrew opossums have very little interaction with humanity and pose no threats.
		The World Conservation Union (IUCN) lists the Chilean shrew opossum as Vulnerable (facing a high risk of extinction), due to deforestation (removing trees) from logging.
	animals.jrank.org /collection/14/Grzimek-s-Student-Animal-Life-Resource.html (0 words)

	Oregon's Small Mammals (carnivorous)
		Shrews may well be the orneriest, hungriest and most ferocious creatures on the face of the earth.
		Opossums are omnivorous and though their lack of speed keeps them from being an efficient predator, they are very capable of decimating a family of nesting pheasants, ducks, or quail at night when the birds are helpless.
		Shrews are so high-strung that captive shrews have died of heart attacks due to loud noises nearby.
	www.dfw.state.or.us /springfield/Smammals.html (2556 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		Since insectivores are absent from South America, these shrew opossums fill the same ecological niche.
		This suggests that shrew opossums may date back to the time when South America was an isolated continent.
		Shrew opossums (also known as rat opossums) are about the size of a small rat (9–14 cm long), with thin limbs, a long, pointed snout and a slender, hairy tail.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=shrew_opossum (287 words)

	Shrew - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Shrew, common name applied to certain small mouse-like mammals, related to the mole, with a long, pointed snout and soft, grey-brown, velvety fur....
		Shrew Opossum, also known as rat opossum, family of small, shrew-like marsupials found primarily in forested areas of western South America.
		Tree Shrew, common name for any member of a family of small, squirrel-like mammals, found from India to the Malay Peninsula, Thailand, Borneo, and...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Shrew.html (196 words)

	OPOSSUM
		Opossums, like the monotremes (echidna and duck-billed platypus), and some shrew, have only a single opening, or cloaca, closed by a sphincter muscle into which all of the fecal, urinal and genital products are discharged.
		Thus, it can be said that opossum are unaffected by the bites of pit vipers (copperheads, rattlesnakes, and water moccasins), but are sensitive to venoms of other poisonous snakes.
		The cats and opossum seem not to be disturbed by each other’s presence, and the opossum became a frequent visitor to her cat feeding station.
	www.bobpickett.org /order_didelphimorphia.htm (2324 words)

	Rhyncholestes raphanurus
		ADW: Rhyncholestes raphanurus: Classification: Rhyncholestes raphanurus (Chilean shrew opossum).
		Paucituberculata - VaÄ?Ãci: Lestoros inca Oehser, 1934 - vaÄ?Ãk inca - Peruvian shrew opossum.
		Shrew opossum - InfoSearchPoint.com: Chilean Shrew Opossum, Rhyncholestes raphanurus.
	specieslist.com /endangered/scientific_name/R/Rhyncholestes_raphanurus.shtml (2025 words)

	Kens Exotics Breeder of Patagonian Cavy
		While Opossums have acute hearing, a super sensitive sense of smell, their vision is very poor which may cause them to be startled when first placing your hand in the cage, sometimes causing them to bare their teeth at you.
		At times, your Opossum may give your hand a gentle nudge with his nose; this usually is his way of telling you to stop doing what ever you are currently doing to him, although it may be interpreted differently under different circumstances.
		Opossums should be fed a high-quality Hedgehog food like Mazuri, Avico Insectivore Diet or Brisky Brand Opossum food (NOT CAT FOOD), along with fruits, veggies, and insects like crickets, grasshoppers, small earthworms, mealworms or their favorite food...
	shorttailedopossum.tripod.com /opossum_sto_caresheet1.htm (587 words)

	Sample text for Library of Congress control number 98031177
		Although the short-tailed opossum lives in forested country, it is a poor climber and tends to stay on the forest floor.
		Shrew opossums are small, shrewlike animals, with thin limbs, a long, pointed snout and slender, hairy tail.
		Shrew opossums may be far more common than is generally thought, but their inhospitable habitat makes studying them difficult.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/samples/simon031/98031177.html (4809 words)

	NatureWorks-Mallard (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Opossums have a prehensile tail and some, but not all, have a pouch.
		Shrew opossums are about the size of a rat.
		Like the elephant shrew they were once considered insectivores, but they are structurally different and were given their own order.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/mammalia.htm (1082 words)

	Shrew Opossum - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is thought that the order diverged from the ancestral marsupial line very early.
		They live in inaccessible forest and grassland regions of the High Andes.
		Shrew or rat opossums are small, shrew-like animals, about the size of a small rat (9–14 cm long), with thin limbs, a long, pointed snout and a slender, hairy tail.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Paucituberculata (238 words)

	Nesodelphia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The long-tailed shrew possum is a rather rare generalist nocturnal insectivore.
		The dwarf shrew possum has the same yellowish-brown color as the savannas it inhabits, and about the same size as the large insects (grasshoppers, beetles and the like) which it eats.
		About the size of a pseudorat, it has a grasping tail, which adults use to cling to tree branches and juveniles use to cling to their mother's tail when the pouch has become too small to hold them all.
	www.bowdoin.edu /~dbensen/Spec/Nesodelphia.htm (424 words)

	Marsupial Education (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Some of the other adaptations include the New World opossums, which have a clawless, opposable hallux (the big toe) on the hind foot which they use much like a thumb to gain a foothold in the trees, since they are arboreal in habit.
		The bandicoots of Australia are highly adapted to fast running, so the digits of their hind feet are greatly reduced, except for one enlarged toe which has somewhat the same effect as a horse's hoof.
		They are now relatively unobtrusive, such as the Virginia opossum (the only true "opossum") and similar forms like the tiny mouseopossums or ratopossums, and are all greatly overshadowed by the placental mammals of North and South America.
	www.fortheanimals.com /menu2/marsupials/ed_marsupials.htm (557 words)

	Mammals at the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity
		The pouch found in the mid section of the female opossum, houses the the young.
		Masked shrew (Sorex cinereus) The most common and abundant long-tailed shrew in the area although it is rarely seen.
		Large mounds of dirt in front of a burrow hole is good indication of their presence although rabbits, opossum, and fox will take over an abandoned hole.
	www.uwgb.edu /biodiversity/biota/mammals/arboretumdescriptions.htm (4121 words)

	Incan Shrew Opossum
		flish shrew opossum Caenolestes convelatus, Incan shrew opossum Lestoros inca, Incan shrew opossum Lestoros inca.
		Lestoros inca (Thomas, 1917) - Incan Shrew Opossum Cummingsia maculata Ferris, 1922 *.
		:...marsupial moles',(((gray-bellied shrew opossum','flish shrew opossum','silky shrew opossum')'common shrew opossums',('incan shrew opossum')'peruvian shrew...
	www.specieslist.com /endangered/common_name/I/Incan_Shrew_Opossum.shtml (111 words)

	Lactation - Marsupials
		Although we are most familiar with marsupials like the American opossum and images of the Australian kangaroos and koalas, there are about 250 species of marsupials.
		This eventually differentiated to D. virginiana, the American opossum we are familiar with in the present.
		So, the American opossum is a relative newcomer to North America and not an immediate relative of the original North American marsupials.
	classes.aces.uiuc.edu /AnSci308/Lactation/marsupials.html (1943 words)

	Sikhpoint Kids Corner - Living Category
		Marsupial Mammals : Kangaroos, opossums, wallabies, Koalas, wombats and bandicoots are all known as marsupials or pouched mammals.
		These animals carry their young ones in their pouches until they are able to fend for themselves.
		A few marsupials, such as the shrew opossum of South America don't have pouches.
	www.sikhpoint.com /kidscorner/kid_livingcat.php?educatid=1&level=3&module=lw (285 words)

	Safe & Easy Opossum Control and Removal
		That was before there was opossum control that you can do.
		It is a strong, granular repellent that contains the scent of the opossum’s most feared predator, the fox.
		The female carries and nurses her young in her pouch until they are about 2 to 3 months old.
	www.critter-repellent.com /possum/opossum-control.php (431 words)

	Shrew - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Shrew, common name applied to certain small mouselike mammals, related to the mole, with a long, pointed snout and soft, gray-brown, velvety fur....
		Encarta offers a list of surprisingly toxic animals.
		Shrew Opossum, also known as rat opossums, family of small, shrew-like marsupials found primarily in forested areas of western South America.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Shrew.html (134 words)

	Shrew Opossum, Shrew Opossum info (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A dispute that began over the capture of an opossum in a residential neighborhood ended with police shooting a Rottweiler and arresting a man after stunning him with a Taser gun.
		The refuge includes several hiking trails and a paved, 15-mile loop drive for a chance to see some of 80 mammal species indigenous to the region: opossum, shrew, bat, armadillo, raccoon, coati...
		A newborn opossum is smaller than a honey bee, and six will fit...
	www.findmole.com /shrewopossum (947 words)

	Opossum \| English \| Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
		Opossums probably diverged from the basic South American marsupials in the late Cretaceous or early Paleocene.
		A sister group is the Paucituberculata, or shrew opossums.
		opossum, small marsupial animal which has a prehensile tail and is native to the eastern United States and Central and South America; small marsupial animal that is native to Australia and New Zealand
	www.babylon.com /definition/Opossum (170 words)

	Nocturnal Animals - AllAboutNature.com
		The Virginia opossum is the only marsupial in North America.
		Over 64 species of opossum are found in South America.
		Shrews are tiny mammals that are quite ferocious.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /coloring/nocturnal.shtml (1187 words)

	Shrew Mouse, Shrew Mouse info (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The final soliloquy of `` The Taming of the Shrew" is delivered by the ultimate desperate housewife, a spitfire whose bitter tenacity has been lobotomized, pureed in a Cuisinart, and replaced with the...
		paca tapiti chinchillas gambian pouched rat shrew hedgehog armadillo toucans raccoons cacomistle...
		For example, the title is a metaphor comparing Katharina Minola to a shrew, a mouse-like mammal that is extremely mean-tempered.
	www.findmole.com /shrewmouse (1179 words)

	Mammals: Caenolestidae
		Caenolestes caniventer Anthony, 1921 - Gray-bellied Shrew Opossum
		Caenolestes convelatus Anthony, 1924 - Blackish Shrew Opossum
		Rhyncholestes raphanurus Osgood, 1924 - Chilean Shrew Opossum
	www.phthiraptera.org /Checklists/Mammals/Caenolestidae.html (0 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Oppossums and shrews
		The Opossum Society of the United States has the dual mission of rehabilitating orphaned and injured opossums as well as providing general information about opossums to the public.
		The shrews of the world are treated including many of the species of North America.
		The information given includes photographs of many of the North American species, basic shrew information, a bibliography, and links to other shrew sites.
	www.nearctica.com /nathist/mammal/opossum.htm (216 words)

	Englische Namen G - L
		Grey Short-tailed Opossum (B) Grey Slender Mouse Opossum (B) Grey Whale (B) Greyish Mouse Opossum
		Incan Shrew Opossum (B) Indian Hedgehog (B) Indian Long-eared Hedgehog
		Jerboa Pouched-mouse (B) Julia Creek Dunnart (B) Kalinowski's Gracile Mouse Opossum
	www.das-tierlexikon.de /englische_namen_g_l.jsp (0 words)

	Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections: Shrew opossum (Caenolestes fuliginosus)
		Head and body length is 90-135 mm and tail length from 93-139 mm.
		The small ears protrude above the fur and the eyes are very small.
		The head is elongate like that of a true rat or shrew.
	brainmuseum.org /Specimens/paucituberculata/shrewopossum/index.html (0 words)

	Prairie Animal Printouts - EnchantedLearning.com
		It is also known as the catamount, panther, or puma.
		A venomous arachnid with a large stinger on its tail.
		Shrews are tiny, ferocious mammals that are found worldwide.
	www.zoomdinosaurs.com /biomes/grassland/prairie.shtml (584 words)

	The Mammals of New York State
		A more select group of species are found in certain areas of NY and surrounding states, but are considered endemic to the North Eastern United States because they are found now where else.
		These include the New England cottontail, rock vole, long-tailed shrew, smoky shrew, hairy-tailed mole, and eastern small-footed bat.
		Off the Long Island coast 31 species of marine mammals are possible, including the largest living mammal, the blue whale, 12 dolphin species, and five seal species.
	www.nysm.nysed.gov /WildSci/nys_mammal.html (2109 words)

	ITIS 'Publication' Search results for Nowak, Ronald M.
		Caenolestes Thomas, 1895 -- valid -- common shrew opossums
		Didelphis virginiana Kerr, 1792 -- valid -- opossum d'Amérique, Tlacuache norteño, Virginia Opossum
		Hylomys sinensis (Trouessart, 1909) -- invalid -- Chinese gymnure, shrew gymnure, shrew-hedgehog
	www.itis.gov /servlet/SingleRpt/RefRpt?search_type=publication&search_id=pub_id&search_id_value=172 (2135 words)

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