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tenrecs
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thumb |A taxidermy|taxidermy mount of a tenrec in defensive posture, [[Horniman Museum and Gardens, London]]
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馬島蝟科（Tenrecidae），哺乳綱、非洲蝟目的一科，生活在非洲的马达加斯加岛上，共有10属30种。 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=马岛猬科&oldid=42675717” 分类：食虫目非洲蝟目隐藏分类：含有英語的條目本地相关图片与维基数据相同
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245 papers- Tenrecs.Current biology : CB · 2013
- Common tenrecs (Tenrec ecaudatus) reduce oxygen consumption in hypoxia and in hypercapnia without concordant changes to body temperature or heart rate.Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2024
- Physiological responses to hypoxia are constrained by environmental temperature in heterothermic tenrecs.The Journal of experimental biology · 2023
- Afrotheria.Current biology : CB · 2022
- Description of a new species of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 (Acari: Ixodidae), parasite of shrew tenrecs (Afrotheria: Tenrecidae) and rodents (Rodentia: Muridae) on Madagascar.Systematic parasitology · 2023
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thumb |A taxidermy|taxidermy mount of a tenrec in defensive posture, [[Horniman Museum and Gardens, London]]
A tenrec () is a mammal belonging to any species within the afrotherian family Tenrecidae, which is endemic to Madagascar. Tenrecs are a very diverse group, as a result of adaptive radiation, and exhibit convergent evolution; some resemble hedgehogs, shrews, opossums, rats, or mice. They occupy aquatic, arboreal, terrestrial, and fossorial environments. Some of these species, including the greater hedgehog tenrec, can be found in the Madagascar dry deciduous forests. However, the speciation rate in this group has been higher in humid forests.