Eulipotyphla is an order of mammals comprising the families Erinaceidae, Solenodontidae, Talpidae, and Soricidae.
Montage of Eulipotyphla V.2.0
European hedgehog (Erinaceidae)
A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia. Mammals are characterized by the presence of milk-producing mammary glands for feeding their young, a broad neocortex region of the brain, fur or
Eulipotyphla
…Eulipotyphla (, from eu- "true" + Lipotyphla "lacking blind gut"; sometimes called true insectivores) is an order of mammals comprising the families Erinaceidae (hedgehogs and gymnures), Solenodontidae (solenodons), Talpidae (moles, shrew-like moles and desmans), and Soricidae…
Restoration of Juramaia sinensis, the oldest-known eutherian (160 mya)
Fossil of Thrinaxodon at the National Museum of Natural History
Hyaenodon horridus at the Royal Ontario Museum. The genus Hyaenodon was among the most successful mammals of the late Eocene-early Miocene epochs spanning for most of the Paleogene and some of the Neogene periods, undergoing many endemic radiations in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Sexual dimorphism in aurochs, the extinct wild ancestor of cattle