Scientific name : Hemicentetes semispinosus
Family : Tenrecidae
Native to : Island of Madagascar
Interesting fact : It uses the process of stridulating or rubbing body parts together to produce sound, like insects and snakes.
Conservation status : Least Concern
The tenrec has black, with yellow stripes; some of them have quills. It shares an interesting ancestry with the sea cow, the elephant and the aardvark, resembles small hedgehogs, and uses quills to locate family. The tenrec breeds between the months of October and December, with gestation lasting 58 days. They hold the record for delivering the most number of babies in a litter–36!
