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Tailless Tenrec

Tenrec ecaudatus


Where is it found?

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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

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Solitary
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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

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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
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