tenrec in English
noun
1
a small, insectivorous mammal native to Madagascar, different kinds of which resemble hedgehogs, shrews, or small otters.
Afrotheria is a newly recognized taxon comprising elephants, hyraxes, sea cows, aardvarks, golden moles, tenrecs , and elephant shrews.
noun
tendrac
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1. The primary diet consisted of approximately six lemur species and two or three spiny tenrec species, along with snakes and small mammals.
2. Andrewsarchus mongoliensis (Osborn 1924; middle Eocene, 45 mya; AMNH 20135; 83cm skull length) was traditionally considered a mesonychid, then an artiodactyl related to entelodonts and whales, Andrewsarchus is here recognized as a giant extinct tenrec known from its skull only