Tenrec species

When you think of tenrecs, you most likely can only think of 5 species. But those five are only the tenrecs within the subfamily of ‘true tenrecs’, while there are 3 subfamilies of tenrecs within the family of Tenrecidae. And within those subfamilies, there are 8 genera and 33 species. And that’s if we don’t count the extinct species!

The family of Tenrecidae is divided into a subfamily of Real tenrecs, a subfamily of Rice and shrew tenrecs and the subfamily of the Large-eared tenrec. The subfamily of the Real tenrecs is divided into four genera. The subfamily of the Rice and shrew tenrecs is divided into three genera and the subfamily of the Large-eared tenrec only has one genera and one species.

Wiki ‘Tenrec species’ index

• Tenrec species
  • Geogalinae
    • Geogale
      • Geogale aurita – Large-eared tenrec
  • Tenrecinae
    • Echinops
      • Echinops telfairi – Lesser hedgehog tenrec
    • Hemicentetes
      • Hemicentetes nigriceps – Highland streaked tenrec
      • Hemicentetes semispinosus – Lowland streaked tenrec
    • Setifer
      • Setifer setosus – Greater hedgehog tenrec
    • Tenrec
      • Tenrec ecaudatus – Common tenrec
  • Oryzorictinae
    • Microgale
      • Microgale brevicaudata – Short-tailed shrew tenrec
      • Microgale cowani – Cowan’s shrew tenrec
      • Microgale drouhardi – Drouhard’s shrew tenrec
      • Microgale dryas – Dryad shrew tenrec
      • Microgale fotsifotsy – Pale shrew tenrec
      • Microgale gracilis – Gracile shrew tenrec
      • Microgale grandidieri – Grandidier’s shrew tenrec
      • Microgale gymnorhyncha – Naked-nosed shrew tenrec
      • Microgale jenkinsae – Jenkins’s shrew tenrec
      • Microgale jobihely – Northern shrew tenrec
      • Microgale longicaudata – Lesser long-tailed shrew tenrec
      • Microgale majori – Major’s long-tailed tenrec
      • Microgale mergulus – Web-footed tenrec
      • Microgale monticola – Montane shrew tenrec
      • Microgale nasoloi – Nasolo’s shrew tenrec
      • Microgale parvula – Pygmy shrew tenrec
      • Microgale principula – Greater long-tailed shrew tenrec
      • Microgale pusilla – Least shrew tenrec
      • Microgale soricoides – Shrew-toothed shrew tenrec
      • Microgale taiva – Taiva shrew tenrec
      • Microgale thomasi – Thomas’s shrew tenrec
    • Nesogale
      • Nesogale dobsoni – Dobson’s shrew tenrec
      • Nesogale talazaci – Talazac’s shrew tenrec
    • Oryzorictes
      • Oryzorictes hova – Mole-like rice tenrec
      • Oryzorictes tetradactylus – Four-toed rice tenrec

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Article by Judith Dunkirk.