List of mammals of Malawi

Their common English name derives from their elongated flexible snout and their resemblance to the true shrews.

Tubulidentata are characterised by their teeth which lack a pulp cavity and form thin tubes which are continuously worn down and replaced.

The hyraxes are any of four species of fairly small, thickset, herbivorous mammals in the order Hyracoidea.

About the size of a domestic cat they are well-furred, with rounded bodies and a stumpy tail.

The order Primates contains humans and their closest relatives: lemurs, lorisoids, tarsiers, monkeys, and apes.

The bats' most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals capable of flight.