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As its name implies, it occupies the ecological niche filled by shrews in other parts of the world. The coat is short, but dense, and quite lacking in the spines so common in this family. The long tail is prehensile. Its body is 5–15 cm long, with the tail being 7.5–17 cm long.
Greater long-tailed shrew tenrec (M. principula) Thomas, 1926 Least shrew tenrec ( M. pusilla ) Forsyth Major , 1896 Shrew-toothed shrew tenrec ( M. soricoides ) Jenkins , 1993
Tenrecomorpha is the suborder of otter shrews and tenrecs, a group of afrotherian mammals indigenous to equatorial Africa and Madagascar, respectively. [2] [3] The two families are thought to have split about 47–53 million years ago. [3] [4] [5] Potamogalid otter shrews were formerly considered a subfamily of Tenrecidae. [3]
Gracile shrew tenrec (Microgale gracilis) Naked-nosed shrew tenrec (Microgale gymnorhyncha) Jenkins's shrew tenrec (Microgale jenkinsae) Northern shrew tenrec (Microgale jobihely) Lesser long-tailed shrew tenrec (Microgale longicaudata) Major's long-tailed tenrec (Microgale majori) Web-footed tenrec (Microgale mergulus) Montane shrew tenrec ...
Least shrew tenrec. M. pusilla Major, 1896: Eastern Madagascar: Size: 4–6 cm (2 in) long, plus 6–8 cm (2–3 in) tail [73] Habitat: Forest and inland wetlands [74] Diet: Insects and other invertebrates [60] LC Unknown [74] Lesser long-tailed shrew tenrec. M. longicaudata Thomas, 1882: Central and northern Madagascar
The smallest species are the size of shrews, with a body length of around 4.5 cm (1.8 in), and weighing just 5 g (0.18 oz), while the largest, the common or tailless tenrec, is 25 to 39 cm (9.8 to 15.4 in) in length, and can weigh over 1 kilogram (2.2 lb). [13]
Tenrecinae is a tenrec subfamily endemic to the island of Madagascar. [1] It contains the largest species in the family, Tenrec ecaudatus. [2] All members of the genus possess spines, analogous to those of hedgehogs, for defense against predators.
Nesogale is a genus of tenrecs, which are a family of afrotherian mammals endemic to Madagascar.On the basis of molecular data indicating its two species form a sister group to the rest of Microgale (21 extant species), they were transferred from Microgale to Nesogale in 2016, thus resurrecting a genus first erected by Oldfield Thomas in 1918. [1]