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Tenrec (tail-less tenrec)
Taxonomy
Tenrec was named by Lacépède (1799). It is extant. It is the type genus of Tenrecina.
It was assigned to Tenrecina by Gray (1825); to Tenrecinae by Van Valen (1967); and to Tenrecidae by Burney et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Tenrecina by Gray (1825); to Tenrecinae by Van Valen (1967); and to Tenrecidae by Burney et al. (2008).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1799 | Tenrec Lacépède |
| 1811 | Centetes Illiger |
| 1825 | Tenrecus Gray p. 339 |
| 1838 | Tanrecus Blainville |
| 1967 | Tenrec Van Valen |
| 2008 | Tenrec Burney et al. p. 18 |
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G. Tenrec Lacépède 1799 [tail-less tenrec]
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Tenrec ecaudatus Schreber 1778 [common tenrec]
Invalid names: Centetes Illiger 1811 [synonym], Tanrecus Blainville 1838 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available