Insectivoria

Insectivora is not a monophyletic group Consists of

Afrosoricida (tenrecs and golden moles) Erinaceomorpha (hedgehogs and relatives) Soricomorpha (shrews, moles, solendons) Nesophontes

Afrosoricida

Family Chrysochloridae (golden moles)

Found in southern Africa

Family Tenrecidae (tenrecs)

Madagascar Areas of Africa

Erinaceomorpha

Hedgehogs, moonrats and gymnures

Africa Europe Asia

Limited to deciduous forest

Soricomorpha

Solenodons

Found in Cuba and Hispaniola

Shrews

Provincial: Cinereus Shrew (intodroced to Nfld, native to Lab), Pygmy Shrew (nat. Lab) American Water Shrew (nat. Lab)

Moles and Desmans

Native to Labrador: Star Nosed Mole

Nesophontes

Extinct Puerto Rico, Cuba, Hispaniola