Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Tenrecidae
Synonym: Centetidae Murray 1866
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310
Parent taxon: Tenrecoidea according to E. R. Seiffert 2007
See also Asher et al. 2005, Asher and Helgen 2010, Butler 1984, Carroll 1988, Cope 1889, Douady et al. 2002, Flower 1883, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gray 1821, Gregory 1910, Hay 1930, Jaekel 1911, Madsen et al. 2001, Nowak 1991, Pickford 2018, Van Valen 1967 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Afrosoricida, Chrysochloridae, Plesiorycteropus, Potamogalidae, Qatranilestes, Dilambdogale, Widanelfarasia, Jawharia, Nanogale
Subtaxa: Arenagale Centetinae Echinops Geogale Geogalinae Limnogale Microgale Ndamathaia Oryzorictinae Potamogalinae Promicrogale Protenrecinae Setifer Sperrgale Tenrec Tenrecinae
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Madagascar (4 collections), Reunion (1)
• Miocene of Namibia (2)
• Eocene of Namibia (2)
Total: 9 collections including 26 occurrences