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Tenrec Species Profile:

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

by David G. Kupitz, Bünde, Germany. Published February 25, 2022. Updated October 24, 2025.

Setifer setosus, Greater hedgehog tenrec - Copyright www.tenrec.org - Illustrator: Frithjof Spangenberg Setifer setosus, Greater hedgehog tenrec - Copyright www.tenrec.org - Illustrator: Frithjof Spangenberg

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

Greater Hedgehog Tenrec (Setifer setosus) - Ile aux Nattes, July 2024 - Madagascar - Copyright Elke Kupitz Greater Hedgehog Tenrec (Setifer setosus) - Ile aux Nattes, July 2024 - Madagascar - Copyright Elke Kupitz Greater Hedgehog Tenrec (Setifer setosus) - Ile aux Nattes, July 2024 - Madagascar - Copyright Elke Kupitz Greater Hedgehog Tenrec (Setifer setosus) - Ile aux Nattes, July 2024 - Madagascar - Copyright Elke Kupitz

Taxonomy

Family: Tenrecidae Tenrecs
 Subfamily: Tenrecinae

 Spiny tenrecs
  Genus: Setifer

  
   Species: Setifer setosus

 Greater hedgehog tenrec

Malagasy names: sokina, soky

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