Here’s How This Small Madagascar Mammal Uses Spikes to Talk and Defend Itself

Have you ever heard of the lowland streaked tenrec? These mammals are native to the rainforests of Madagascar. Although tiny, ...
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Tenrecs are the cutest little pets you've never heard of

What in the world is a tenrec? Ask Jeanne Robtoy. She has a herd of them. Among her 13 are Anora, Zeva and Sahaya. They are hard to tell apart. But there are clues. Sahaya is plushly rounded with a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Defensive Spines on Tenrecs Could Come at a Cost to Brain Size

The lowland streaked tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus) in Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar. Frank Vassen via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 At least 29 million years ago, a small, shrew-like ...
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Meet the Adorable Tenrec That Uses Dust to Stay Clean

Humans may take baths with water, but there are plenty of animals out there that prefer using dirt to get themselves clean. It may seem counterintuitive, but dirt baths are an important hygiene ...
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Five tenrecs born at Potawatomi Zoo

SOUTH BEND — Potawatomi Zoo's lesser hedgehog tenrec Briar Rose gave birth this summer to five babies. The zoo announced the births on Friday. Tenrecs, or lesser hedgehogs, look similar to hedgehogs ...
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Tenrecs will not stay in their lane

If all crustaceans “want” to look like crabs, then tenrecs “want” to look like basically any other small mammal. These weird ...
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Fact Box: More on the Lesser hedgehog tenrec

Description: The Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec has an appearance very much like a hedgehog and hence its common name. However the tenrec is not closely related to the hedgehog - these are just two species ...