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title: "Gewone tenrek"
description: "Tenrec ecaudatus — Zoogdieren. The tailless tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus), also known as the common tenrec, is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/tailless-tenrec
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gewone tenrek

> Tenrec ecaudatus — Zoogdieren. The tailless tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus), also known as the common tenrec, is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae.

- Scientific name: *Tenrec ecaudatus*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `urban` (Steden en tuinen), `farm` (Boerderij), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 462
- Wikidata: [Q852769](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q852769)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42475](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42475)

## Names

- en: Tailless Tenrec
- de: Großer Tenrek
- es: Tenrec sin Cola
- fr: Tenrec acaude
- nl: Gewone tenrek
- pl: Tenrek zwyczajny

## Countries with the most observations

RE (147), SC (115), MU (76), MG (52), YT (17), KM (5)

## Summary

The tailless tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus), also known as the common tenrec, is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is the only member of the genus Tenrec. Native to Madagascar, it is also found on the Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion, and Seychelles island groups, where it has been purposely introduced. Its natural habitat is the understory of subtropical-tropical forest, open forest, arid shrub-land, savanna, arable land, pastures, crop plantations, private gardens, and some landscaped, urban areas.
The tailless tenrec is the largest species of the tenrec family, Tenrecidae. It is 26 to 39 cm (10 to 15 in) in…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailless_tenrec

## Photo

![Gewone tenrek](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tailless-tenrec/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marius Burger · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141398605

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tailless-tenrec?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).