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Tenrec (tail-less tenrec)

Mammalia - Tenrecidae

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).

Species
T. ecaudatus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Tenrec Lacépède
1811Centetes Illiger
1825Tenrecus Gray p. 339
1838Tanrecus Blainville
1967Tenrec Van Valen
2008Tenrec Burney et al. p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Afroinsectiphilia
—Afroinsectivora
superfamilyTenrecoidea()
familyTenrecidae
genusTenrecLacépède 1799

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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
Body mass estimates
estimateequationreference
 215.7 g Mammalia femur diameterGingerich 1990
 711.4 g Mammalia humerus diameterGingerich 1990
 297.1 g Mammalia tibia diameterGingerich 1990
mean: 357.3 g
Measurements
partNmean
femur diameter12.90
humerus diameter14.30
radius diameter12.50
tibia diameter13.00

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:36:48
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Reunion Tenrec ecaudatus (193997)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Beanka) Tenrec ecaudatus (205190 205193)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Toliara) Tenrec ecaudatus (92732 92733)