Venomous Mammals - Venomous

Venomous

Cuban Solenodon (Solenodon cubanus) & Hispaniolan Solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus)

Solenodons look similar to very large shrews. They both have venomous bites; the venom is delivered from modified salivary glands via grooves in their second lower incisors.

Platypus (Ornithorhyncus anatinus)

Males have a venomous spur on their hind legs. Echidnas, the other monotremes, have spurs but no functional venom glands. Although not potent enough to be lethal to humans, platypus venom is nevertheless so excruciating that victims may sometimes be temporarily paralysed.

Eurasian Water Shrew (Neomys fodiens) & Northern Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina brevicauda)

Capable of delivering a venomous bite.

Southern Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina carolinensis) & Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina hylophaga)

Possibly have a venomous bite.

European Mole (Talpa europaea)

The European mole, and possibly other species of mole, has toxins in its saliva that can paralyze earthworms, allowing it to store them for later consumption.

Vampire Bats (Desmodus rotundus, Diphylla ecaudata, and Diaemus youngi)

Vampire bats secrete a powerful anticoagulant in their saliva.