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Tenrec ecaudatus (common tenrec)

Mammalia - Tenrecidae

Taxonomy
Erinaceus ecaudatus was named by Schreber (1778). It is extant.

It was recombined as Tenrec ecaudatus by Steudel and Beattie (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1778Erinaceus ecaudatus Schreber
1993Tenrec ecaudatus Steudel and Beattie

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Afroinsectiphilia
—Afroinsectivora
superfamilyTenrecoidea()
familyTenrecidae
genusTenrecLacépède 1799
speciesecaudatus(Schreber 1778)

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.

Tenrec ecaudatus Schreber 1778 [common tenrec]
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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: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


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