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CHARACTERISTICS: back greyish or reddish-brown, yellowish abdomen and tail with long white hairs; narrow head and long snout; small eyes.
FOOD: wide range of invertebrates; occasionally lizards and small rodents.
ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR: hibernates during the coldest months; burrows under trunks or stones; if a burrow with cubs is disturbed, the female leads them in a ’convoy’ to another location.
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