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| | Tenrecs of Madagascar |
 | | Tenrecs are unusual insectivores that have radiated into ecological niches filled in other lands by hedgehogs, mice, shrews, opossums, and even otters. |
 | | Perhaps the most unusual tenrec is the rare Web-footed Tenrec (Limnogale mergulus) which resembles a river otter and inhabits streams, marshes and lakes (elevation: 600-2,000 meters) where it feeds on frogs, crustaceans, insect larvae, and fish. |
 | | Tenrecs are currently included in the Insectivora order although new evidence suugests they should be "placed within a group of African mammals, the Afrotheria, which includes aardvarks, elephants, hyraxes, sea cows, elephant shrews, and golden moles" (Walker's Mammals of the World). |
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