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Greater Hedgehog Tenrec[1] 
Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Afrosoricida Family: Tenrecidae Genus: Setifer
(Froriep, 1806)Species: S. setosus Binomial name Setifer setosus
(Schreber, 1778)
Greater Hedgehog Tenrec range Synonyms Dasogale fontoynonti Grandidier, 1929
The Greater Hedgehog Tenrec or Large Madagascar Hedgehog (Setifer setosus) is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rural gardens, and urban areas.[2]
It is the only species in the genus Setifer[1]. Despite the close resemblance, it is not related to the hedgehog.
References
- ^ a b Bronner, Gary N.; Jenkins, Paulina D. (16 November 2005). "Order Afrosoricida (pp. 71-81)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 77. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
- ^ a b Afrotheria Specialist Group (Tenrec Section), Vololomboahangy, R. & Goodman, S. (2008). Setifer setosus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 December 2008.
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