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==Behaviour== Gymnures are primarily [[carnivore|carnivorous]]. They are [[nocturnal]] or [[crepuscular]]: they come out to forage at twilight or in the night to search the [[forest floor]], using smell to find the animals that they eat. Gymnures eat various [[arthropods]], [[mouse|mice]], small [[reptile]]s and [[amphibia]]ns, with occasional fruit and [[fungi]]. Gymnures keep territories, and individuals are solitary except when breeding. Gymnures have a very strong scent, typically described as a rancid [[garlic]] or [[onion]] smell, which is produced by its territory-marking scent glands. Several creatures similar in form and niche, such as the [[opossum]] and [[solenodon]], have an odor similar to the gymnure's.
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