Tailless Tenrec
Tenrec ecaudatus
Where is it found?
Rainforest
Diet and foraging method
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Tailless tenrec probe grooves in rocks and logs with their snout and detect prey with their long, sensitive whiskers.
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Key adaptations
Tailless Tenrec are covered in small spines that they erect when threatened for protection. They have a long pointed nose that helps them forage for food in the grooves of rocks and logs.
Social organisation and mating system
Solitary
Promiscuous
Did you know that...?
The number of offspring can range from 1-32, and females have on average 12 nipples, but up to 29 has been recorded.
Taxonomy
Picture credits:
"Common Tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus) in a hollow treetrunk, Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar" by Frank Vassen - Flickr: Common Tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus) in a hollow treetrunk, Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Common_Tenrec_(Tenrec_ecaudatus)_in_a_hollow_treetrunk,_Ankarafantsika_National_Park,_Madagascar.jpg#/media/File:Common_Tenrec_(Tenrec_ecaudatus)_in_a_hollow_treetrunk,_Ankarafantsika_National_Park,_Madagascar.jpg
"Common Tenrec 1" by John Mather - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Common_Tenrec_1.JPG#/media/File:Common_Tenrec_1.JPG
"Common Tenrec 1" by John Mather - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Common_Tenrec_1.JPG#/media/File:Common_Tenrec_1.JPG