Setifer setosus
(von Schreber, 1777)
Greater Hedgehog Tenrec
Distribution :
All latitudes and phytographic zones: eastern humid forest, central highlands, northern highlands, sambirano, western deciduous forest, spiny bush, Madagascar.
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Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Atlantogenata |
| Superorder | : Afrotheria |
| Order | : Afrosoricida |
| Suborder | : Tenrecomorpha |
| Family | : Tenrecidae |
| Subfamily | : Tenrecinae |
| Genus | : Setifer |
Species status
Authority citation
Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1777. pl. 164. P. pl. 164 in Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1774-1855. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Walther, Erlangen.
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Original name as described
Erinaceus setosus
Other common names
Greater Madagascar Tenrec · Large Madagascar Hedgehog
Type material
untraced (number not known)
Type kind
nonexistent
Type locality
"Madagascar."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Madagascar
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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