Scientific Name: Echinops telfairi

Found In: subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, shrubland and lowland grasslands in Madagascar

Size: 5 – 7 inches

Diet: Omnivore: insects and vegetable matter, occasionally small vertebrates

Threat Level: Least Concern

Facts: Tenrecs are closely related to elephants, aardvarks, manatees and hyraxes.

A Tenrec eating at the Virginia Zoo