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Encyclopedia Britannica



TENREC (Centetes ecaudatus)

This article appears in Volume V26, Page 634 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TAV-THE
TENREC (Centetes ecaudatus) , one of the largest representatives of the mammalian order Insectivora, the length being from 12 in. to 16 in.; called also the tailless ground-hog of Madagascar, to which
island
  it is restricted. The coat consists chiefly of bristles and hairs, with an admixture of flexible spines, which in the
young
  form longitudinal lines down the back; but in the adult they are limited to the back of the neck. The general hue is brown tinged with yellow. From twelve to sixteen
young
  are produced at a
birth
 , and twenty-one have been recorded. In habits the tenrec is fossorial and nocturnal; its
home
  is in the brush in the
mountain
  regions, and in the cool season, from May or June till December, it hibernates in deep burrows. The
long
  flexible snout is used to root up worms and grubs, and ground-insects form
part
  of its nourishment. These animals are very fat when hibernation begins, and are then much valued for food by the natives (see also INsECTlvoRA).


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