Moles and hedgehogs
Subtitle: what they have in common
By: Sara Swan Miller
Series: Animals in order
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 47
ISBN-13: 9780531116333; 9780531139578
Subjects: Insectivores; Insectivores (Mammals); Juvenile literature
Description: Discusses the characteristics of mammals known as insectivores, including hedgehogs, tenrecs, shrews, desmans, moles, and solenodons.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is an insectivore?; title: Traits of the insectivores; title: Order of living things; title: How insectivores fit in; title: Isectivores in the Americas: Star-nosed mole; title: Eastern mole; title: Least shrew; title: Masked shrew; title: Haitian solenodon; title: Insectivores in Europe and Asia: European hedgehog; title: Long-eared dessert hedgehog; title: Moon rat; title: Russian desman; title: Eurasian water shrew; title: Insectivores in Africa: Grant's golden mole; title: Insectivores in Madagascar; title: Streaked tenrec; title: Long-tailed shrew tenrec; title: Tail-less tenrec; title: Insectivores and people; title: Words to know.