Geogalinae Potamogalinae Oryzorictinae Tenrecinae pic of tenrec from Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan, http://animaldiversity. ... Scientific classification - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Kingdoms Eukaryotes are organisms with complex cells, in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Bilateria Acoelomorpha Orthonectida Rhombozoa ?Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Subclass Monotremata Monotremata Subclass Marsupialia Didelphimorphia Paucituberculata Microbiotheria Dasyuromorphia Peramelemorphia Notoryctemorphia Diprotodontia Subclass Placentalia Xenarthra Dermoptera Desmostylia Scandentia Primates Rodentia Lagomorpha Insectivora Chiroptera Pholidota Carnivora Perissodactyla Artiodactyla Cetacea Afrosoricida Macroscelidea Tubulidentata Hyracoidea Proboscidea Sirenia The mammals are the class of vertebrate animals primarily characterized by the presence of mammary... Families Chrysochloridae Tenrecidae The order Afrosoricida (also known as Tenrecomorpha) contains two families of small mammals formerly regarded as part of the order Insectivora. ... ...
Tenrecidae (common name tenrecs) is a family of mammals found on Madagascar and parts of western Africa. Tenrecs are widely diverse, resembling hedgehogs, shrews, opossums, mice and even otters. They can occupy several environments including aquatic, arboreal, terrestrial and fossorial. There are four subfamilies, 10 genera, and 24 species of tenrecs. World map showing location of Africa A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest continent in both area and population, after Asia. ... For the anti-submarine weapon see Hedgehog (weapon); for the mathematical concepts see hedgehog (curve) and hedgehog (metric). ... This article is about the animal; see also The Taming of the Shrew for the use of this term to describe a person. ... This article or section should be merged with Virginia_opossum The word opossum (usually pronounced without the leading O, or with only a very slight schwa) refers either to the Virginia Opossum in particular, or more generally to any of the other marsupials of magnorder Ameridelphia. ... A mouse is a mammal that belongs to one of numerous species of small rodents in the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Muridæ (Old World Mice). ... Genera Amblonyx Aonyx Enhydra Lontra Lutra Lutrogale Pteronura Otters are aquatic or marine carnivorous mammals, members of the large and diverse family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers and others. ...
The Tenrecidae (Mammalia, Insectivora) includes an ancient lineage of eutherian mammals endemic to Madagascar (Eisenberg and Gould, 1970).
The family is comprised of three subfamilies, the Tenrecinae and Oryzorictinae of Madagascar, with eight genera and 26 species, and the Potamogalinae, the otter-shrews, from Africa (Genest and Petter, 1974; Corbet and Hill, 1991; Stephenson, 1991, in press).
The factors affecting the onset of breeding in the Tenrecidae are poorly understood.
Hemicentetes semispinosus, the streaked tenrec, is one of 23 extant species of the clade Tenrecidae (Nowak, 1991).
The fossil record of Tenrecidae extends from Miocene - Recent in mainland Africa, and Pleistocene - Recent in Madagascar (Nowak, 1991).
Hemicentetes semispinosus is a smallish tenrec (head and body length about 140 mm) with spiny pelage that is fl with a median stripe on the head and three stripes running along the length of the back of the body (Marshall and Eisenberg, 1996:1).
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