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SPECIES Tenrec ecaudatus

Author:Schreber, 1778.
Citation:Die Säugethiere….. mit Beschreibungen, 3: 590, pl. 165.
Common Name:Tail-less Tenrec
Type Locality:Madagascar.
Distribution:All latitudes and phytographic zones: eastern humid forest, central highlands, northern highlands, sambirano, western deciduous forest, spiny bush, Madagascar; Comoro Isls. Introduced on Reunion, Mauritius, and the Seychelle Isls.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
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Synonyms:

    armatus I. Geoffroy, 1837
    tanrec Boddaert, 1785

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