Sentences with word «tenrec»

Anteaters, hedgehoglike animals called tenrecs, and rabbitlike hyraxes are doing fine, but gaurs, sloth bears, Bactrian camels, and bearded pigs are not.

In 15 years he has led 170 expeditions and documented more than 500 previously unknown species of creatures, including Microgale nasoloi, a tiny hedgehog - like tenrec that feeds on insects and scurries about the forest floor; Heteroscorpion magnus, a giant scorpion that hides in rock crevices in the northeastern part of the island; and Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi, a tiny, sparrowlike warbler that lives high in the forest canopy.

The common tenrec — a hedgehog - like creature from Madagascar — produces the largest litters among mammals.

On hikes, look for more than ten species of lemurs, including red - bellied lemurs, Milne - Edward's sifakas, and greater dwarf lemurs; as well as tenrecs; mongooses; and myriad butterflies, frogs, and birds.

Species as diverse as koalas, tenrecs and Catalina Island foxes have been the subjects of some of the Foundation's more recent wildlife cancer studies.

The clade including these three groups is known as Paenungulata and Paenungulata together with sengis (elephant shrews), aardvarks, tenrecs, and golden moles comprise Afrotheria.