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Tenrec Species Profile:

Greater Hedgehog Tenrec (Setifer setosus) (Schreber, 1777)

by David G. Kupitz, Bünde, Germany. Published February 25, 2022.

Greater Hedgehog Tenrec (Setifer setosus) - Ankarana - Madagascar - Copyright Harald Schütz
Greater Hedgehog Tenrec (Setifer setosus) - Ankarana - Madagascar - Copyright Harald Schütz

Greater Hedgehog Tenrec (Setifer setosus) - Andringitra - Madagascar - Copyright Harald Schütz
Greater Hedgehog Tenrec (Setifer setosus) - Andringitra - Madagascar - Copyright Harald Schütz

Taxonomy

Family: Tenrecidae Tenrecs

        Subfamily: Tenrecinae

 Spiny Tenrecs

              Genus: Setifer

  

                    Species: Setifer setosus

 Greater Hedgehog Tenrec

Malagasy names: sokina

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