Venomous Mammals - Venomous/poisonous

Venomous/poisonous

Slow lorises (Nycticebus coucang, Nycticebus bengalensis, Nycticebus pygmaeus )

Brachial glands on the inside of the elbows of the slow loris secrete a brown exudate. This exudate is licked and becomes mixed with saliva. A protein in the secretion, which is similar to the allergen protein isolated from the domestic cat, may be introduced by the bites of slow lorises, resulting in anaphylaxis. Thus, it is questionable whether the slow loris should be considered truly venomous.

Hedgehogs (Erinaceinae) (though not inherently)

Hedgehogs will anoint their spines with a range of toxic and irritating substances. They will sometimes kill toads (Bufo) and bite into the toads' poison glands and smear the toxic mixture on their spines. Tenrecs, similar in appearance to hedgehogs but of a different line of descent, may also have evolved separately somewhat different self-anointing behaviour. Whether such self-anointing in hedgehogs and tenrecs is involved in defense, scent-camouflage, to appeal to the opposite sex, or a combination of these or other reasons is a debated topic.