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Tenrec logo #10101) Animals that use echolocation 2) Hedgehog of Madagascar 3) Insect-eater of Madagascar 4) Insectivore 5) Insectivore of madagascar 6) Madagascan animal 7) Mammal of madagascar 8) Mammal of Madasgascar 9) Resembles a hedgehog 10) Tendrac
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Tenrec

Tenrec logo #10101) Tendrac
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Tenrec

Tenrec logo #21000 The tenrec is a mammal of the family Tenrecidae, found on Madagascar and in parts of the African mainland. Tenrecs are widely diverse; as a result of convergent evolution, they resemble hedgehogs, shrews, opossums, mice and even otters. They occupy aquatic, arboreal, terrestrial and fossorial environments. Some of these species, including the grea...
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tenrec

tenrec logo #22641spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar
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Tenrec

Tenrec logo #21002• (n.) A small insectivore (Centetes ecaudatus), native of Madagascar, but introduced also into the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius; -- called also tanrec. The name is applied to other allied genera. See Tendrac.
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tenrec

tenrec logo #21003any of 29 species of shrewlike and hedgehoglike mammals. Most are endemic to Madagascar and nearby islands, but the otter shrews (subfamily ... [1 related articles]
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Tenrec

Tenrec logo #20972Ten'rec noun [ From the native name: confer French tanrac , tanrec , tandrec .] (Zoology) A small insectivore ( Centetes ecaudatus ), native of Madagascar, but introduced also into the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius; -- called also tanrec . The name is applie...
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Tenrec

Tenrec logo #21217The Tenrec (Centetes) is a genus of small mammals native to Madagascar and resembling the hedgehogs in appearance and habits. The Tenrec are about 35 cm long, brown in colour, and are clothed in a mix of hair and spiny bristles. They have long pointed muzzles and rudimentary tails. The Tenrec feed on insects, beetles and frogs.
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tenrec

tenrec logo #20400[n] - small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar
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tenrec

tenrec logo #20974tendrac noun small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog
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