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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER AFROSORICIDA
--> SUBORDER TENRECOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Tenrecidae
--> SUBFAMILY Tenrecinae
--> GENUS Echinops
SPECIES Echinops telfairi
| Author: | Martin, 1838. | | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1838: 17. | | Common Name: | Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec | | Type Locality: | Madagascar. | | Distribution: | Western deciduous forest and spiny bush of S Madagascar. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | The easternmost occurrence of this species was recorded recently in SE Madagascar (Goodman et al., 1999a). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
miwarti A. Grandidier, 1869
nigrescens Petit, 1931
pallescens Thomas, 1892
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