So this the tenrec that most of it's life in trees. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2002] Reference
The insectivorous tenrec tenrec ecaudatus, introduced to the Seychelles from Madagascar, also occurs. From Wordnik.com. [Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve, Seychelles] Reference
Kerns, 25, talked about his life as a zookeeper, and as he spoke he held in his hands a tiny tenrec named Pandora. From Wordnik.com. [An interview with a zookeeper from the National Zoo] Reference
Near-endemic mammals include the large-eared tenrec (Geogale aurita), and the lesser hedgehog tenrec (Echinops telfairi). From Wordnik.com. [Madagascar spiny thickets] Reference
The main species threatened by hunting are the tenrec (tenrec ecaudatus), fruit bats (Pteropus rufus and Eidolon helvum), and the red-fronted brown lemur. From Wordnik.com. [Madagascar succulent woodlands] Reference
Near-endemics include the large-eared tenrec (Geogale aurita), the lesser hedgehog tenrec (Echinops telfairi), and Coquerel's dwarf lemur (Mirza coquerli). From Wordnik.com. [Madagascar succulent woodlands] Reference
KING: We have one segment left, and in that segment we're going to meet the tenrec, the red-tailed hawk, who I hope will not fly into my head, and the scorpions and the spiders and bugs. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2002] Reference
As Jonathan Martin reports, Newt is playing that game too with the help of some friends from the Des Moines zoo: a baby American alligator, a hedgehog tenrec, a barred owl, a leopard gecko and a bunny. From Wordnik.com. [Happy Hour Roundup] Reference
As Jonathan Martin reports, Newt is playing that game too with the help of some friends from the Des Moines zoo: a baby American alligator, a hedgehog tenrec, a barred owl, a leopard gecko and a bunny. print share. From Wordnik.com. [Happy Hour Roundup] Reference
Other near endemic mammal species living at the middle to upper reaches of eastern mountains include the rice tenrec (Oryzorictes tetradactylus), found only in the south central highlands, highland streaked tenrec (Hemicentetes nigriceps), several shrew-tenrecs (e.g. Microgale gracilis, M. gymnorhyncha, and M. monticola), and a species of tuft-tailed rat (Eliurus majori). From Wordnik.com. [Madagascar ericoid thickets] Reference
Madagascar's water-loving mammal, the aquatic tenrec. From Wordnik.com. [Mongabay.com News] Reference
We studied the AOB of the Madagascan lesser tenrec Echinops telfairi (Afrotheria: Afrosoricida) and found that Gαi2 and Gαo proteins are expressed in rostral and caudal glomeruli, respectively. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
This small and, yes, cute insectivore, also known as the web-footed tenrec, lives in Eastern Madagascar where at night it spends the majority of its time swimming and diving in fast-moving streams for insects and tadpoles. From Wordnik.com. [Mongabay.com News] Reference
Surveying GenBank, a database of gene sequences, the team was surprised to uncover the same transposons in other vertebrate genomes: tenrec (a hedgehog), little brown bat, mouse, rat, opossum, green anole lizard, and African clawed frog all had them. From Wordnik.com. [Livescience.com] Reference
(11/12/2009) There are many adjectives one could attach to the aquatic tenrec: rare, mysterious, elusive, one-of-a-kind, even adorable, though one tries to stray from such value-laden titles since it excludes so many other non-adorable inhabitants of the animal kingdom. From Wordnik.com. [Mongabay.com News] Reference
KING: A tenrec. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Jack Hanna Lets the Fur Fly - January 11, 2001] Reference
HANNA: A tenrec. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Jack Hanna Lets the Fur Fly - January 11, 2001] Reference
HANNA: Yes, a tenrec. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Jack Hanna Lets the Fur Fly - January 11, 2001] Reference
The tenrec is from Madagascar. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2002] Reference
HANNA: This is a tenrec, here, Larry. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Jack Hanna Lets the Fur Fly - January 11, 2001] Reference
This here is an animal called a tenrec. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2002] Reference
KING: What is that relation to the tenrec?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2002] Reference
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