- CHARACTERISTICS
- They have 1-10 offspring which are born with their spines covered in epithelium.
They hibernate 3-5 months in the cold season
They communicate by tactile contact.
- DIET
- They feed on invertebrates, earthworms and baby mice
- REPRODUCTION
- After a period of gestation of 49 days, the female has a litter of between 5 and 7 young, which are self-sufficient from the first month of life.
- CURIOSITIES
- When they feel threatened they curl up into a ball (covered in spines) which serves as a defence.
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- NAME
- Tenrec
- HABITAT
- In dry forests and croplands, in Madagascar
- SCIENTIFIC NAME
- Echinops telfairi
- SPICE
- Mammals
- DIET
- Omnivorous
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