### animal | vertebrate | mammal | hyrax:

Rock hyrax
* Most rock hyraxes feed on grass.
* Most rock hyraxes have incisors
  - snouts
* Most rock hyraxes reach maturity
* Some rock hyraxes eat grass.
* Some rock hyraxes have broad distribution
  - inhabit rocky areas
  - occupy habitats
* are able to climb on steep rock surfaces because of physical adaptations on their feet.
* eat a variety of grasses and shrubs
* feed in a circle formation
  - sexual maturity
* spend several hours sunbathing in the mornings, followed by short excursions to feed
  - mornings, followed by short feeding excursions

Tree hyrax
* Some tree hyraxes feed on leaves.
* are nocturnal animals that inhabit southern and central Africa.
* differ from the other types in being usually solitary.
* feed on leaves and fruits
  - the ground as well as in trees
* have longer, thicker, softer and more luxuriant fur.

Infant mammal
* are fed on by milk from their mothers.
+ Lactose, Digestion of lactose: Carbohydrates :: Chemical compounds
  * Infant mammals are fed on by milk from their mothers. To digest it an enzyme called lactase cleaves the lactose into its two subunits glucose and galactose for absorption.

### animal | vertebrate | mammal:

Insectivore
* Most insectivores are highly secretive species and often nocturnal
  - attain size
* Most insectivores eat ants
  - insects
  - mosquitoes
* Most insectivores feed on insects
  - other insects
  - small insects
* Most insectivores have eyes
  - small eyes and ears and a long snout
* Most insectivores possess smooth spines
* Some insectivores consume fruit.
* Some insectivores eat plants
  - small vertebrates
* Some insectivores feed on emerge nymph
* Some insectivores fill ecological niches
  - same ecological niches
  - has-part molars
* Some insectivores have bills
  - slender bills
* are among the most numerous and widespread small mammals of the Eurasian region.
* are animals that eat insects
  - whose primary diet consists of insects, spiders and other invertebrates
  - carnivores
  - certainly more difficult to breed than standard laboratory animals
  - considered to be among the most primitive groups of mammals
* are generally small mammals with nocturnal habits
  - placentals
* are small and rodent-like in appearance
  - nocturnal mammals that feed on insects
  - thought to be most closely related to bats, hoofed mammals and carnivores
* are usually small and have long, narrow snouts and five-clawed digits on each limb
  - small, nocturnal animals showing many primitive features
* benefit from a variety of foods twice a day.
* consume termites.
* have a primitive mammalian body plan and are in many ways generic in their appearance
  - an excellent sense of smell and touch, but have poor senses of sight and hearing
  - very high interlocking cusps for crunching insects
* includes brains
  - breasts
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - heads
  - nuclei
  - pedal extremities
  - piluses
  - plasma membranes
  - rib cages
  - sections
  - skulls
  - sterna
  - vacuoles
  - vertebrate feet
* live in terrestrial habitats around the world.
* use echo-location to pinpoint obstacles and prey.
* usually hunt insects at night facilitated by big eyes.
* vary greatly in appearance.

### animal | vertebrate | mammal | insectivore:

Common shrew
* Most common shrews have eyes.
* Some common shrews live for months.
* are know to consume vast numbers of woodlice
  - the second most common British mammal
* eat vast quantities of woodlice.
* is an insectivore

Masked shrew
* are active day and night, but especially at dusk
  - opportunistic generalists
* become sexually mature at two months, but wait until their first spring to breed.
* can be nocturnal or diurnal depending on the weather
  - live up to two years, but averagely only survive eighteen months
* molt twice a year.