Lesser known small mammals (or mammals whenever i bring up people have no idea what im talking about)
Quoll ..a carnivorous marsupial native to Australia that spends most of the day sleeping in its dens. there have been 111 recorded events of quolls eating human remains (x) (pictured here is a spotted-tail quoll)
Numbat..an insectivorous marsupial from Australia that is diurnal (or is primarily active during the day). unlike other mammals that primarily eat termites, they have a jaw with 50 very small teeth. they live in tree hollows and block the openings with the thick hide of their rump
Hyrax ..a small thickset herbivorous mammal that is more closely related to elephants and sea cows than pikas and marmots. theyre found in africa, and they have rubbery paw pads that help them climb up rocks (this is a rock hyrax)
Solenodon... a venomous, insectivorous little mammal that is easily provoked into a frenzy of squeaking and biting. it uses echolocation to compensate for its poor eyesight, and females have two teats almost located on its backside (above is a cuban solenodon)
Sengi (elephant shrews (or better known as the get a look at the snout species))...is another insectivore that is more closely related to elephants than true shrews. they live in southern Africa and have relatively large brains for their size (a respectable 11 inches) (this is a black and rufous sengi)
Tenrec..omnivorous little mammal that lives in land, sea, underground, and in trees. there are many different subspecies of tenrec that can look like hedgehogs, opossums, rats, and shrews (this is one is a lowland streaked tenrec from madagascar)
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Hispaniolan Solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus), family Solenodontidae, order Eulipotyphla, found on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic)
This nocturnal insectivorous mammal is venomous.
They are in the same order as moles, hedgehogs, and shrews.
photograph by Pedro Genaro Rodriguez
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Round 1 Match 19
Ganges River Dolphin: "most visually frightening dolphin, absolutely horrific"
Solenodon: "silly snout, tiny eyes, VENEMOUS?, weird and stinky"
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Hispaniolan solenodon
By: André Bert/Jacana Press Agency
From: Éditions Rencontre Cards
1975
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All 26 of them
Tumblr will resize the image below, but I hope the names are clear enough...
Please don't stare too much at the tags.
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Awka, and Yucca&Capuli figurines (2019 both)
Cold porcelain modelings! To this day, the two of them are resting on a shelving, some two metres away from me right now.
Awka one was especially challenging, due to Deer Legs, but I do recall loving working on it, and I am still quite fond of both figures, for that very reason. I was going to make a Palqu one, but only made the early stages back then and didn't complete it, I might still have the unpainted base around haha. Maybe I should check how well he looks?
Anyway, something different. I almost didn't make Capuli to accompany Yucca back then, but then I realised it was then or never, due to his wee eeny size..
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Part 4!!! OF MY OC Christmas Shenanigans
Knock the Solenodon, feat. A very much destroyed gingerbread house
Time to ramble:
Ah, my first Sonic OC. Knock is still a fun piss goblin that I adore to this day. She was born early on this year, very fun stuff. Her design is a sort of mix between Surge and Clutch.
My dear friend @spirotic came up with the idea of her being a solenodon, a little rat lady.
Anyways Knock is violence
She loves fighting. Picking fights with randoms, fight clubs, so on. Her main draw? She is scrawny af, but really strong. Can lift big rocks. Also a big fan of food. Like, she is like kirby levels of hungry. She can eat anything. And will.
She is also a dummy. An airhead if you will. Not the sharpest tool in the shed. Very much not smart.
Fun trivia: Her voice claim is Junker Queen from Overwatch.
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Animal practice 19
Mammal 7
Eulipotyphla/insectivores
Piniqua (Hedgehog)
Gymmy (Moonrat)
Enki (Mole)
Rapid (Shrew)
Dazzle (Desman)
Vaughan (Solenodon)
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Agouta! Or Solenodon?
I like their long snout! They're pretty cute when they're not hissing or angry. I can't believe they're a primitive form of insectivores, maybe even prehistoric!
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Round 2 Match 10
Solenodon: "silly snout, tiny eyes, VENEMOUS?, weird and stinky"
Sea Pig: "they're so funky and they eat sediment with their little tube feet and live in the abyss :)"
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Solenodon
By: National Audubon Society
From: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animal Life
1961
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Rarest Animals In The World That Are On The Brink Of Extinction
Hispaniolan Solenodon (Solenodon Paradoxus)
Wikimedia Commons
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Hutias and solenodons. Animal Ghosts. Edited by Claudia Clow. Illustrated by Walt Disney Productions. 1971.
Internet Archive
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Impasta
Imposter Shadow design!
I call him Epoch the Solenodon
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