Tenrecidae

**tenrecs**
	family of mammals
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Common name
	English: Tenrec; العربية: مدال; مصرى: مدال; Kotava: Ratiavatol; беларуская: Тэнрэкавыя; беларуская (тарашкевіца): Тэнрэкавыя; български: Тенрекови; brezhoneg: Tenrek; català: Tenrecs; čeština: Bodlínovití; Deutsch: Tenreks; Schweizer Hochdeutsch: Tenreks; American English: tenrecs; فارسی: تیغ‌پشت; suomi: Tanrekit; galego: Tenrécidos; עברית: טנרקיים; magyar: Tanrekfélék; հայերեն: Տենրեկներ; Bahasa Indonesia: Tanderak; íslenska: Burstasvín; 日本語: テンレック科; ქართული: ტანრეკისებრნი; ಕನ್ನಡ: ಟೆನ್ರೆಕ್; 한국어: 텐렉과; Limburgs: Tenreks; lietuvių: Tenrekiniai; latviešu: Tenreku dzimta; norsk bokmål: Børstepinnsvin; Nederlands: Tenreks; norsk: Børstepinnsvin; Diné bizaad: Yáázhłání dóó bikʼéí; polski: Tenrekowate; русский: Тенрековые; Scots: Tenrec; Simple English: Tenrec; svenska: Tanrekar; Kiswahili: Tandaraka; Türkçe: Tenrekgiller; українська: Тенрекові; 中文: 马岛猬科; 中文（中国大陆）: 马岛猬科; 中文（简体）: 马岛猬科;
Taxonomy
Class	Mammalia
Subclass	Theriiformes
Superlegion	Trechnotheria
Infralegion	Boreosphenida
Subclass	Theria
Infraclass	Placentalia
Superorder	Afrotheria
Order	Afrosoricida
Suborder	Tenrecomorpha
Family	Tenrecidae
Taxon author	John Edward Gray, 1821
Authority file
	Q23340; Library of Congress authority ID: sh85133925; J9U ID: 987007529406505171; NCBI taxonomy ID: 9369; ITIS TSN: 633417; Encyclopedia of Life ID: 7690; Fossilworks taxon ID: 40531; GBIF taxon ID: 9613; MSW ID: 11100003; ZooBank ID for name or act: 08CDA93F-351B-4F85-A1A6-29A1016C4640; EPPO Code: 1TENRF; iNaturalist taxon ID: 42435; BOLD Systems taxon ID: 981; ADW taxon ID: Tenrecomorpha; IRMNG ID: 104907
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Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Afrosoricida • Familia: Tenrecidae Gray, 1821

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