Tenrecidae (tenrecs)
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By Deborah Ciszek and Phil Myers Members of this remarkable family do not have a wide geographic distribution. They are most numerous and diverse on the island of Madagascar, but a few species are also found in western central Africa. Tenrecs have radiated such that they include species that resemble, both morphologically and ecologically, widely diverse mammals including hedgehogs, shrews, opossums, mice and even otters; and members of the family occupy a diverse collection of habitats, including aquatic, arboreal, terrestrial and fossorial. Currently, we recognize 10 genera of extant tenrecids and 24 species. These are divided into three subfamilies, the Tenrecinae and Oryzoryctinae (both confined to Madagascar) and the Potamogalinae (west-central Africa).
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