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Tenrec Species Profile:
Tail-less Tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus) (Schreber, 1777)
by David G. Kupitz, Bünde, Germany. Published February 25, 2022. Updated October 26, 2025.
Tenrec ecaudatus, Tail-less tenrec - Copyright www.tenrec.org - Illustrator: Frithjof Spangenberg
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Tail-less tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus) - Bemaraha - Madagascar - Copyright Harald Schütz
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Tail-less Tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus) - Copyright Elias Neideck
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Female tail-less tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus) with her newborn litter of 31 at Wassenaar Zoo; 30 survived to maturity. From: International Zoo Yearbook 13 (1973): pp 125-126. With kind permission and © of the Zoological Society of London.
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Tail-less tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus) - Ankarana - Madagascar - Copyright Harald Schütz
Tail-less Tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus) - Copyright Elias Neideck
Tail-less Tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus) - A smaller litter of 18 at four weeks. The female lies on her back, presenting 24 nipples for suckling. From: International Zoo Yearbook 13 (1973): pp 125-126. With kind permission and © of the Zoological Society of London.
Taxonomy
| Family: Tenrecidae | Tenrecs |
| Subfamily: Tenrecinae | Spiny tenrecs |
| Genus: Tenrec | |
| Species: Tenrec ecaudatus | Tail-less tenrec |
Malagasy names: trandraka, tandraka, kelora
