Toothed whale whales do not have wax ester deposits nor branched fatty chain acids in their blubber. Thus, more recent evolution of these complex blubber traits occurred after baleen whales and toothed whales split, and only in the toothed whale lineage. Toothed whales have torpedo-shaped bodies with inflexible necks, limbs modified into flippers, nonexistent external ear flaps, a large tail fin, and bulbous heads (with the exception of sperm whales). Their skulls have small eye orbits, long beaks (with the exception sperm whales), and eyes placed on the sides of their heads. Toothed whales range in size from the and vaquita to
Greater white-toothed shrew but otherwise very similar, and can often be distinguished only by close inspection of its teeth which are unpigmented. The greater white-toothed shrew is distinguished by a careful examination of their unpigmented teeth. Like other "white toothed-shrews", "C. russula" lacks the deposition of iron in their enamel at the tips of their teeth This particular species has a greyish or reddish brown upper coat with a yellowish grey coat in the underside The greater white-toothed shrews are part of the medium-sized shrews and weigh around 11 grams to 14 grams The head and body length of "C. russula" is about