Studying mammals: The insect hunters
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# Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

- describe the lifestyle of a variety of insect eaters, from four orders
- give examples of adaptations linked to feeding in insect eaters
- explain the limited extent to which insectivores can be regarded as ‘primitive’
- characterise typical adult mammalian dentition and understand dental formulae
- recognise teleology and write down accounts of evolution that do not assume purpose or direction.
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