TENRECIDAE

'Tenrecidae' (common name 'tenrecs') is a family of mammals found on Madagascar and parts of western Africa. Tenrecs are widely diverse, resembling hedgehogs, shrews, opossums, mice and even otters. They can occupy several environments including aquatic, arboreal, terrestrial and fossorial. Some of these species can be found in the Madagascar dry deciduous forests, including the Greater Hedgehog Tenrec. There are four subfamilies, 10 genera, and 30 species of tenrecs.

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Species

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Use

In the island nation of Mauritius, tenrec meat is a source of food, providing variety in a diet that consists largely of fish. They are hunted at night in a traditional manner using wooden clubs.
The Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec (''Echinops telfairi'') is one of 16 mammalian species that will have its genome sequenced as part of the Mammalian Genome Project.

Species

'FAMILY TENRECIDAE'

★ Subfamily Geogalinae

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★ Genus ''Geogale''

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★ Large-eared Tenrec (''Geogale aurita'')

★ Subfamily Oryzorictinae

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★ Genus ''Limnogale''

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★ Web-footed Tenrec (''Limnogale mergulus'')

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★ Genus ''Microgale''

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★ Short-tailed Shrew Tenrec (''Microgale brevicaudata'')

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★ Cowan's Shrew Tenrec (''Microgale cowani'')

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★ Dobson's Shrew Tenrec (''Microgale dobsoni'')

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★ Drouhard's Shrew Tenrec (''Microgale drouhardi'')

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★ Dryad Shrew Tenrec (''Microgale dryas'')

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★ Pale Shrew Tenrec (''Microgale fotsifotsy'')

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★ Gracile Shrew Tenrec (''Microgale gracilis'')

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★ Naked-nosed Shrew Tenrec (''Microgale gymnorhyncha'')

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★ ''Microgale jobihely''

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★ Lesser Long-tailed Shrew Tenrec (''Microgale longicaudata'')

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★ Montane Shrew Tenrec (''Microgale monticola'')

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★ Nasolo's Shrew Tenrec (''Microgale nasoloi'')

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★ Pygmy Shrew Tenrec (''Microgale parvula'')

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★ Greater Long-tailed Shrew Tenrec (''Microgale principula'')

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★ Least Shrew Tenrec (''Microgale pusilla'')

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★ Shrew-toothed Shrew Tenrec (''Microgale soricoides'')

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★ Taiva Shrew Tenrec (''Microgale taiva'')

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★ Talazac's Shrew Tenrec (''Microgale talazaci'')

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★ Thomas's Shrew Tenrec (''Microgale thomasi'')

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★ Genus ''Oryzorictes''

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★ Mole-like Rice Tenrec (''Oryzorictes hova'')

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★ Four-toed Rice Tenrec (''Oryzorictes tetradactylus'')

★ Subfamily Potamogalinae

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★ Genus ''Micropotamogale''

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★ Nimba Otter Shrew (''Micropotamogale lamottei'')

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★ Ruwenzori Otter Shrew (''Micropotamogale ruwenzorii'')

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★ Genus ''Potamogale''

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★ Giant Otter Shrew (''Potamogale velox'')

★ Subfamily Tenrecinae

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★ Genus ''Echinops''

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★ Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec (''Echinops telfairi'')

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★ Genus ''Hemicentetes''

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★ Highland Streaked Tenrec (''Hemicentetes nigriceps'')

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★ Lowland Streaked Tenrec (''Hemicentetes semispinosus'')

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★ Genus ''Setifer''

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★ Greater Hedgehog Tenrec (''Setifer setosus'')

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★ Genus ''Tenrec''

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★ Common Tenrec (''Tenrec ecaudatus'')

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★ Convergent evolution

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