Sentence examples for tiny mammal from inspiring English sources

Named after a Greek princess who was changed into a bat after refusing to worship the god Dionysus, or Bacchus, the tiny mammal has been found in caves in North Yorkshire and Sussex.

This tiny mammal had molar teeth that were approximately 1 mm (0.04 inch) long that were similar in size to the common shrew (Sorex araneus), a mammal that weighs only 5 to 14 grams (0.2 to 0.5 ounce) and grows to a body length of 6 to 8 cm (2 to 3 inches).

An enormous mouse may still be quite a tiny mammal.

He dedicated the prize to the people who ate whole parboiled shrews for his study of the effect of human digestion on tiny mammal skeletons.

Now, the exquisitely preserved fossil of a tiny mammal from the time of the dinosaurs reveals a variety of soft tissues, including skin, fur, and spines; even remnants of its external ear were fossilized.

Weighing only about 15 grams, this tiny mammal probably chowed down on insects, and the preserved part of the skeleton, from the tip of the snout to about midway down its back, indicates that it was probably a skilled climber that scrambled through the trees after invertebrate snacks.

The sensation is akin to what tiny mammals must feel in the shadow of a circling hawk, Penn mused.

It was like walking with dinosaurs: we were the tiny mammals scampering under the bellies of immense, ancient creatures and there were no other footprints.

Millions of voles, shrews and other tiny mammals could be dying each year after becoming trapped inside discarded drinks cans and glass bottles, a study has found.

The new species, including crocodiles, lizards, frogs, salamanders and six tiny mammals, some as small as a shrew, come from the Early Cretaceous period, 125 to 130m years ago.

They are the glamorous animals that get all the attention, while the real scientists go to work on the tiny mammals (aka important animals) that were underfoot in those days.