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The Etruscan shrew has a body length of about 4 cm (1.6 in) excluding the tail. It is characterized by very rapid movements and a fast metabolism, eating about 1.5–2 times its own body weight per day. It feeds on various small vertebrates and invertebrates, mostly insects, and can hunt individuals of the same size as itself.
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Tylopoda (camels, llamas, and alpacas) and chevrotains have three-chambered stomachs, while the rest of Ruminantia have four-chambered stomachs. The handicap of a heavy digestive system has increased selective pressure towards limbs that allow the animal to quickly escape predators. [35]
The tail has deep notches. [23] A dugong's brain weighs a maximum of 300 g (11 oz), about 0.1% of the animal's body weight. [19] With very small eyes, [24] dugongs have limited vision, but acute hearing within narrow sound thresholds. Their ears, which lack pinnae, are located on the sides of their head.
The following is a list of selected animals in order of increasing number of legs, from 0 legs to 653 pairs of legs, the maximum recorded in the animal kingdom. [1] Each entry provides the relevant taxa up to the rank of phylum. Each entry also provides the common name of the animal.
The largest of the scorpions is the species Heterometrus swammerdami of the Indian subcontinent, which have a maximum length of 29.2 cm (11.5 in) and weigh around 60 g (2.1 oz). Another extremely large scorpion is the African emperor scorpion ( Pandinus imperator ), which can weigh 57 g (2.0 oz) but is not known to exceed a length of 23 cm (9.1 ...
The tamanduas are medium-sized species smaller than the giant anteater, with a total body length of around 0.77–1.33 m (2.5–4.4 ft) and a mass of 3.2–7.0 kg (7.1–15.4 lb). They can further be distinguished by their shorter snout, their relatively shorter claws, proportionately longer ears, and mostly fur-less, prehensile tail.
It has also been suggested that the predatory abilities of elasmosaurids have been underestimated; their large skulls, big jaw-muscles, strong jaws, and long teeth indicate they could prey on animals between 30 centimeters (12 in) and 2 meters (6.6 ft) long, as indicacted by stomach contents including those of sharks, fish, mosasaurs, and ...