compiled by David G. Kupitz
Last modification: March 30, 2026 (787 publications)
This bibliography is currently being updated. This is still a work in progress, therefore spelling mistakes and broken links may be present.
Please send additions or corrections to dk@tenrec.org!
Recent additions and modifications:
Nicoll (1982) - full-text link added May 30, 2026
Hildwein (1964c) - full-text link added May 30, 2026
Kupitz (2026) - added March 20, 2026
Goodman, Segami & Hyde Roberts (2026) - added March 30, 2026
Fahrenholz et al. (2026) - added March 25, 2026
Andrianarisoa et al. (2026) - added March 6, 2026
Craig et al. (2025) - added January 5, 2026
Hernández-Roco et al. (2025) - added December 11, 2025
Ramananjato et al. (2025) - added October 23, 2025
Apanaskevich, Greiman et al. (2025) - added October 22, 2025
Smith et al. (2025) - added September 10, 2025
Šipková et al. (2025) - added September 10, 2025
Grandidier & Petit (1930b) - full-text link added May 28, 2025
Grandidier (1937) - full-text link added May 28, 2025
Grandidier (1928) - full-text link added May 28, 2025
Goodman & Raselimanana (2003) - full-text link added May 28, 2025
Goodman & Jenkins (1998) - full-text link added May 28, 2025
Goodman, Ganzhorn et al. (1997) - full-text link added May 28, 2025
Goodman, Zafindranoro et al. (2011) - full-text link added May 28, 2025
Goodman & Soarimalala (2004) - full-text link added May 28, 2025
Goodman, Parrillo et al. (1996) - removed due to irrelevance to Tenrecidae
Goodman, Duplantier et al. (1997) - full-text link added May 28, 2025
Goodman, Andrianarimisa et al. (1996) - full-text link added May 28, 2025
Wein (2010) - added May 28, 2025
Goetz (1936) - full-text link added May 28, 2025
Goetz (1937a) - full-text link added May 28, 2025
Goetz (1937b) - full-text link added May 28, 2025
Girard (1931) - full-text link added May 28, 2025
Ghigi (1896b) - full-text link added May 28, 2025
Mittermeier et al. (2021) - added May 28, 2025
Garbutt (2007) - added May 28, 2025
Garbutt (2022) - added May 28, 2025
Fain (1991) - full-text link added May 27, 2025
Eisentraut (1956) - full-text link added May 27, 2025
Bollen (1994) - full-text link added May 26, 2025
Silva Rubio et al. (2024) - added May 25, 2025
Kupitz (2025) - added Apr 23, 2025
Parany et al. (2025) - added Jan 15, 2025
Kolesnikov, OConnor (2024) - added Dec 31, 2024
Gingerich, Smith (2024) - added Dec 8, 2024
Maier (1985) - added Dec 8, 2024
Bálek (2015) - added Dec 6, 2024
Eisenberg, Kleiman (1972) - added Dec 6, 2024
Denys et al. (2024) - added Aug 22, 2024
Carcauzon et al. (2024) - added Jun 17, 2024
Changes between approximately 1 and 3 years ago made to: Smith et al. (2024), Aviles, van Breukelen (2024), Carlson et al. (2024), Knight, van Breukelen (2024), Stadtmauer et al. (2024), Soarimalala, Rasolobera, Goodman (2023), Khudyakov et al. (2021), Cozette et al. (2022), Kuntner et al. (2010), Bronner et al. (2023), Heim de Balsac (1972), Dubrulle et al. (2023), Giere et al. (2001), Klein, Uilenberg (1966), MacPhee (1987a), Ilchenko, Vakhrusheva (2004), Vakhrusheva, Ilchenko (2005), Vakhrusheva et al. (2003), Obermeier (2021), Englert et al. (2023), Bronner et al. (2023), Devereaux et al. (2023), Goodman, Soarimalala, Olson (2018), Endo et al. (2023), Breit (2023), Martinez et al. (2021), Sulser, MacPhee (2023), Knight (2023), Anonymous (2023), Devereaux et al. (2023), Browder et al. (2023), Rasolobera et al. (2022), Ehlers et al. (2020), Martin (2022), Cournarie et al. (2020), Harimalala et al. (2020), Goodman (2000), Freeman et al. (2022), Dollfus, Golvan (1963), Jenkins (1992)
Achauer B (1988): Vergleichende Untersuchungen zum visuellen Lernvermögen des Kurzkopfgleitflugbeutlers Petaurus breviceps (Marsupialia: Petauridae) und des Wüstenschläfers Eliomys melanurus (Rodentia: Gliridae) und zum Lernvermögen des Großen Tanreks Tenrec ecaudatus (Insectivora: Tenrecidae) [Comparative studies on the visual learning ability of the sugar glider Petaurus breviceps (Marsupialia: Petauridae) and the Asian garden dormouse Eliomys melanurus (Rodentia: Gliridae) and on the learning ability of the tailless tenrec Tenrec ecaudatus (Insectivora: Tenrecidae) -- in German.] Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde der Naturwissenschaftlich-Mathematischen Gesamtfakultät der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg [Ph.D thesis, Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Heidelberg, Germany]. 150 pp.
Adams WE (1958): The development of the adrenals and sympathetic paraganglia in certain Madagascar insectivores. Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology 6 (4): 575-588. (Open Access)
Ade M (1996a): Examination of the digestive tract contents of Tenrec ecaudatus Schreber, 1777 (Tenrecidae, Insectivora) from western Madagascar. In: Ganzhorn JU, Sorg J-P (eds.): Ecology and economy of a tropical dry forest in Madagascar. Primate Report 46 (1): 233-250. (Open Access)
Ade M (1996b): Morphological observations on a Microgale specimen (Insectivora, Tenrecidae) from western Madagascar. In: Ganzhorn JU, Sorg J-P (eds.): Ecology and economy of a tropical dry forest in Madagascar. Primate Report 46 (2): 251-255. (Open Access)
Adelman S, Taylor CR, Heglund NC (1975): Sweating on paws and palms: what is its function? American Journal of Physiology 229 (5): 1400-1402. (Abstract) (Alternative Abstract)
Adloff P (1917): Zur Entwickelungsgeschichte des Zahnsystems von Centetes ecaudatus nebst Bemerkungen zur Frage der Existenz einer präpermanenten Dentition [On the development of the dental system of Centetes ecaudatus as well as comments on the question of a pre-permanent dentition] [in German]. Anatomischer Anzeiger 49 (23/24): 593-600. (Open Access)
Albignac P (1970): Mammifères et oiseaux du massif du Tsaratanana (Madagascar Nord) [Mammals and birds of the Tsaratanana massif (Northern Madagascar)] [in French]. Mémoires ORSTOM [Office de la recherche scientifique et technique outre-mer] 37: 223-229. (Open Access)
Allen ME (1989): Nutritional aspects of insectivory. Ph.D thesis, Michigan State University, East Lansing. 410 pp.
Alpár A, Künzle H, Gärtner U, Popkova Y, Bauer U, Grosche J, Reichenbach A, Härtig W (2010): Slow age-dependent decline of doublecortin expression and BrdU labeling in the forebrain from lesser hedgehog tenrecs. Brain Research 1330: 9-19. (Abstract) (Open Access)
Althaus P (1937): Zur Ontogenie des Centetes-Gebisses [On the development of the dentition in Centetes] [in German]. Inaugural-Dissertation der medizinischen Fakultät der Universität Bern.
Andreone F, Randrianirina JE, Jenkins PD, Aprea G (2000): Species diversity of Amphibia, Reptilia and Lipotyphla (Mammalia) at Ambolokopatrika, a rainforest between the Anjanaharibe-Sud and Marojejy massifs, NE Madagascar. Biodiversity and Conservation 9 (12): 1587-1622. (Abstract) (Open Access)
Andreone F, Jenkins PD, Randrianirina JE, Pinet B (2006): Small mammals (order Afrosoricida, order Eulipotyphla and order Rodentia) recently collected in Madagascar, and housed in the Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Torino 23 (2): 363-381. (Open Access)
Andrianarimisa A, Andrianjakarivelo V, Rakotomalala Z, Anjeriniaina M (2009): Vertébrés terrestres des fragments forestiers de la Montagne d'Ambatotsirongorongo, site dans le Système des Aires Protégées de Madagascar de la Région Anosy, Tolagnaro. Malagasy Nature 2: 30-51. (Open Access)
Andrianarisoa RZ, Maminirina LA, Haly NTN, Kayoko G, Musango L, Rajerison M, Ramasindrazana B (2026): Observation de Nesogale talazaci dans un habitat dégradé en dehors du Parc National de Befotaka-Midongy du Sud, Région Atsimo Atsinanana, Madagascar. Malagasy Nature 20: 87-89. (Open Access)
Andrianjakarivelo V, Razafimahatratra E, Razafindrakoto Y, Goodman SM (2005): The terrestrial small mammals of the Parc National de Masoala, northeastern Madagascar. Acta Theriologica 50 (4): 537-549. (Abstract)
Andriatsarafara FR (1981): Quelques observations sur l'ontogénie et le comportement de Tenrec ecaudatus (Schreber 1777) en captivité: comparaisons avec les données connues chez d'autres insectivores [Some observations on development and behaviour of Tenrec ecaudatus (Schreber, 1777) in captivity: comparisons with data known from other insectivores] [in French]. 1ère Partie (Rapport de Stage; 22 pp.) et 2ème Partie (Meacute;moire, 23 pp.). Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies de Sciences Biologiques Appliquées (Option: Ecologie Animale), Etablissement d'Enseignement Supérieur des Sciences Antananarivo, Université de Madagascar, Antananarivo. 45 pp. (Open Access)
Annapragada A, Brook CE, Luskin MS, Rahariniaina RP, Helin M, Razafinarivo O, Ambinintsoa Ralaiarison R, Randriamady HJ, Olson LE, Goodman SM, Golden CD (2021): Evaluation of tenrec population viability and potential sustainable management under hunting pressure in northeastern Madagascar. Animal Conservation 24 (6): 1059-1070. (Abstract)
Anonymous (1961a): Lebendiges Spielzeug [Living toy] [in German]. Das Tier 4 (published January 1st, 1961): 15.
Anonymous (1961b): Egeltenreks, levende fossielen? [Hedgehog tenrecs, living fossils?] [in Dutch] Artis (Amsterdam) 7: 60-65.
Anonymous (1961c): "Spielzeug-Igel" ["Toy hedgehogs"] [in German]. Du und das Tier (Mainz) 10 (October 3rd-9th, 1961).
Anonymous (1965): Jung-Pinguin hat noch kein Frackhemd. Erfolgreiche Nachzucht im Zoo - Igeltanreks lieben Insekten und Milch [Young penguin doesn't have a tail-coat yet. Successful breeding in the zoo - hedgehog tenrecs love insects and milk] [in German]. Saarbrücker Zeitung, October 15th, 1965.
Anonymous (2023): ECR Spotlight Claudia Silva Rubio. Journal of Experimental Biology 226 (6): jeb245806. [Interview with co-author of Devereaux et al. (2023) on metabolic research in Tenrec ecaudatus] (Open Access)
Apanaskevich DA, Goodman SM (2020): Description of three new species of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 (Acari: Ixodidae), parasites of tenrecs (Afrotheria: Tenrecidae) on Madagascar. Systematic Parasitology 97: 623-637. (Abstract)
Apanaskevich DA, Greiman SE, Goodman SM, Apanaskevich MA, Ahmed R, Barker SC (2025): Validation of Sharifiella Santos Dias, 1958 (Acari: Ixodidae) as a genus of hard ticks containing S. theilerae (Hoogstraal, 1953), a parasite of tail-less tenrec, Tenrec ecaudatus (Schreber) (Afrosoricida: Tenrecidae) on Madagascar. Zootaxa 5627 (3): 503-525. (Abstract)
Apanaskevich DA, Soarimalala V, Goodman SM (2013): A new Ixodes species (Acari: Ixodidae), parasite of shrew tenrecs (Afrosoricida: Tenrecidae) in Madagascar. Journal of Parasitology 99 (6): 970-972. (Abstract)
Arnason U, Janke A (2002): Mitogenomic analyses of eutherian relationships. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 96 (1-4): 20-32. (Abstract) (Open Access)
Arnold P, Rutschmann S (2022): UCE sequencing-derived mitogenomes reveal the timing of mitochondrial replacement in Malagasy shrew tenrecs (Afrosoricida, Tenrecidae, Microgale). Mammalian Biology 102: 531-536. (Open Access)
Asher RJ (1997): African and Malagasy tenrecs: a biogeographic parallel with lemuriform primates? In: Abstracts of Paper and Poster Presentations, Sixty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, St. Louis, Missouri, April 1-5, 1997. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 104 (Issue Supplement S24): 69-70. (Abstract)
Asher RJ (1998a): Reanalysis of the African mammal clade: implications for the potential inferiority of morphological data in systematics. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde [now "Mammalian Biology"] 63 (Sonderheft [Special Issue]): 6-7.
Asher RJ (1999a): A morphological basis for assessing the phylogeny of the "Tenrecoidea" (Mammalia, Lipotyphla). Cladistics 15 (3): 231-252. (Abstract)
Asher RJ (2000): Phylogenetic history of tenrecs and other insectivoran mammals. Doctoral Dissertation (Physical Anthropology) at the State University of New York at Stony Brook (December, 2000). 234 pp. [other source: 446 pp.]
Asher RJ (2001): Cranial anatomy in tenrecid insectivorans: character evolution across competing phylogenies. American Museum Novitates 3352: 54 pp. (Open Access)
Asher RJ (2003): Phylogenetics of the Tenrecidae (Mammalia): a response to Douady et al., 2002. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 26 (2): 328-330. (Abstract) (Open Access)
Asher RJ (2005): Insectivoran-grade placental mammals: character evolution and fossil history. pp. 50-70 in Rose KD, Archibald JD (eds.): "The rise of placental mammals: origin and relationships of the major clades". Johns Hopkins University Press. (Also see the erratum)
Asher RJ (2010): Tenrecoidea. pp. 99-106 in Werdelin L, Sanders WJ (eds.): Cenozoic mammals of Africa. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Asher RJ (2019): Recent additions to the fossil record of tenrecs and golden moles. Afrotherian Conservation (Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Afrotheria Specialist Group) 15: 4-13. (Open Access)
Asher RJ, Helgen KM (2010): Nomenclature and placental mammal phylogeny. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 102 [9 pp.]. (Open Access)
Asher RJ, Hofreiter M (2006): Tenrec phylogeny and the noninvasive extraction of nuclear DNA Systematic Biology 55 (2): 181-194. (Abstract) (Open Access)
Asher RJ, Novacek MJ, Geisler JH (2003): Relationships of endemic African mammals and their fossil relatives based on morphological and molecular evidence. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 10 (1-2): 131-194. (Abstract)
Attenborough D (1961): Zoo quest to Madagascar. Lutterworth Press, London. 160 pp.
Averianov AO, Lopatin AV (2016): Fossils and monophyly of Afrotheria: a review of the current data. Archives of Zoological Museum of Lomonosov Moscow State University 54: 146-160. (Open Access)
Aviles H, van Breukelen F (2024): Depressing ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis in a hibernator whose body temperature is normally variable: the common tenrec. Physiology 39: S1 (abstract presented at the American Physiology Summit 2024 meeting). (Open Access)
Bálek J (2015): Oční sekrece u bodlínů: fysiologické, behaviorální a fylogenetické souvislosti (Tenrecinae, Afrosoricida) [Lachrymal secretion in tenrecs: physiological, behavioral and phylogenetic contexts (Tenrecinae, Afrosoricida) - in Czech.] Diploma thesis, Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Přírodovědecké fakulta, Katedra zoologie. 59 pp. (Open Access)
Barden TL, Evans MI, Raxworthy CJ, Razafimahaimodison JC, Wilson A (1991): The mammals of Ambatovaky Special Reserve. In: Thompson PM, Evans MI (eds.): A survey of Ambatovaky Special Reserve, Madagascar. Madagascar Environmental Research Group. Chapter 5: 1-22.
Bäthe R (2010): Große Tanreks - Haltung, Pflege, Zucht [Tailless tenrecs - husbandry, care, breeding] [in German]. Mitteilungen der Bundesarbeitsgruppe Kleinsäuger 1/2010: 7-9.
Bauchot R, Diagne M (1973): La croissance encéphalique chez Hemicentetes semispinosus (Insectivora, Tenrecidae) [Encephalic growth in Hemicentetes semispinosus (Insectivora, Tenrecidae)] [in French]. Mammalia 37: 468-477. (Abstract)
Bauchot R, Stephan H (1959): Le cerveau de Setifer setosus (Schreber) (Insectivora Tenrecidae) [The brain of Setifer setosus (Schreber) (Insectivora Tenrecidae) - in French.] Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar (Série A) 13: 139-148. (Open Access)
Bauchot R, Stephan H (1964): Le poids encéphalique chez les insectivores malgaches [Encephalic weight in Malagasy insectivores] [in French]. Acta Zoologica 45 (1-2): 63-75. (Abstract) (Open Access)
Bauchot R, Stephan H (1970): Morphologie comparée de l'encéphale des insectivores Tenrecidae [Comparative morphology of the brain in Tenrecidae insectivores] [in French]. Mammalia 34 (3): 514-541. (Abstract)
Beddard FE (1901): Some notes upon the brain and other structures of Centetes. Novitates Zoologicae 8 (2): 89-92 + plate VIII and explanation of plate VIII (Open Access)
Bedford JM, Mock OB, Goodman SM (2004): Novelties of conception in insectivorous mammals (Lipotyphla), particularly shrews. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 79: 891-909. (Abstract)
Benstead JP, Barnes KH, Pringle CM (2001): Diet, activity patterns, foraging movement and responses to deforestation of the aquatic tenrec Limnogale mergulus (Lipotyphla: Tenrecidae) in eastern Madagascar. Journal of Zoology (London) 254: 119-129. (Abstract) (Open Access)
Benstead JP, Olson LE (2003): Limnogale mergulus, web-footed tenrec or aquatic tenrec. In: Goodman SM, Benstead JP (eds): The natural history of Madagascar. University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London. Pp. 1267-1273. (Open Access)
Benstead JP, Pringle CM (2000): Responses of stream food webs to deforestation in southeastern Madagascar. Communication at the Annual Meeting of the North American Benthological Society, Keystone, Colorado, 2000. (Abstract)
Berken PA (2006): Sonografische Topografie der großen abdominalen Organe und echografische Graviditätsdiagnostik beim Kleinen Igeltenrek - Echinops telfairi [Sonographic topography of the large abdominal organs and echographic gravidity diagnostics in the lesser hedgehog tenrec - Echinops telfairi] [in German]. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der tiermedizinischen Doktorwürde der Tierärztlichen Fakultät der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (doctoral thesis in veterinary medicine at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Ludwig Maximilian University Munich). 121 pp. (Open Access)
Blaszkiewitz B (1987): Einiges über Insektenfresser (Insectivora) in Zoologischen Gärten [Some remarks on insectivores (Insectivora) in zoological gardens] [in German]. Tiergarten Aktuell (Tiergarten Nürnberg) 3 (2): 6-11.
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Bluntschli H (1932): In den Urwäldern auf Madagaskar. III Im Küstenwald des mittleren Ostens. Reise in das Bergwaldgebiet [In the jungles of Madagascar. III In the coastal forest of the central eastern areas. Journey to the mountain forest areas] [in German]. Die Umschau 36: 891.
Bluntschli H (1937a): Die Frühentwicklung eines Centetinen (Hemicentetes semispinosus Cuv.) [The early development of a centetine (Hemicentetes semispinosus Cuv.)] [in German]. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 44: 271-282. (Open Access)
Bluntschli H (1937b): Le développement primaire et la formation d'un placenta perforé très compliqué et du type labyrinthe chez Hemicentetes [The primary development and the formation of a very complicated perforated placenta of the labyrinth type in Hemicentetes] [in French]. Bulletin de l'Académie Malgache 20: 73-75.
Bluntschli H (1938a): Le développement primaire et l'implantation chez un centetiné (Hemicentetes) [The primary development and implantation in a centetine (Hemicentetes)] [in French]. Comptes Rendus de l'Association des Anatomistes (Bâle) 33: 39-46.
Bluntschli H (1938b): Die Einbettung des Eies bei Hemicentetes [The nidation of the egg in Hemicentetes] [in German]. Bio-Morphosis (Leipzig) 1 (3-4): 332-333.
BMELF (1996): Tanreks. In: Gutachten über Mindestanforderungen an die Haltung von Säugetieren vom 10. Juni 1996 [Tenrecs. In: Expertise on the minimum requirements for the keeping of mammals, dated June 10, 1996] [in German]. Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten (BMELF): 14. (Open Access) (Excerpt of the page on tenrecs)
Bollen P (1994): Tenrecs as laboratory animals. Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science 21 (1): 13-16. (Open Access)
Borgaonkar DS (1966): Addendum - chromosome numbers in the order Insectivora. Journal of Heredity 57 (1): 28. (Abstract)
Borgaonkar DS (1967a): Additions to the lists of chromosome numbers in the insectivores and primates. Journal of Heredity 58 (5): 211-213. (Full Text for Sale)
Borgaonkar DS (1967b): Cytotaxonomic studies on the Tenrecoidea Simpson. Mammalian Chromosomes Newsletter 8 (1): 27-28.
Borgaonkar DS, Gould E (1965): Chromosome complement of tenrecs, Centetes ecaudatus (order Insectivora, class Mammalia). Experientia 21 (11): 631-632. (Abstract)
Borgaonkar DS, Gould E (1968): Homozygous reciprocal translocation as a mode of speciation in Microgale Thomas 1883 (Tenrecidae-Insectivora). Experientia 24 (5): 506-509. (Abstract)
Borgerson C (2015): Optimizing conservation policy: the importance of seasonal variation in hunting and meat consumption on the Masoala Peninsula of Madagascar. Oryx 50 (3): 405-418. (Open Access)
Borgerson C, Vonona MA, Vonona T, Anjaranirina EJG, Lewis R, Ralainasolo F, Golden CD (2018): An evaluation of the interactions among household economies, human health, and wildlife hunting in the Lac Alaotra wetland complex of Madagascar. Madagascar Conservation, Development 13 (1): 25-33. (Open Access)
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Boria RA, Olson LE, Goodman SM, Anderson RP (2017): A single-algorithm ensemble approach to estimating suitability and uncertainty: cross-time projections for four Malagasy tenrecs. Diversity and Distributions 23: 196-208. (Open Access)
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Breit AM (2023): Comparative energetics of mammalian thermoregulatory physiology. Doctoral dissertation, University of Maine. 94 pp. (Open Access)
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Buffenstein R, Salton J (2004b): Microhabitat and taxon-based thermoregulatory profiles in six Malagasy rainforest tenrecid species. Poster P3.93 at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, New Orleans. (Abstract)
Burney DA, Vasey N, Godfrey LR, Ramilisonina, Jungers WL, Ramarolahy M, Raharivony L (2008): New findings at Andrahomana Cave, southeastern Madagascar. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 70 (1): 13-24. (Open Access)
Bush R (2002): USDA looks for imported tenrecs due to foot-and-mouth disease fears. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (Chicago Tribune), June 5, 2002. (Open Access [after registration])
Butler PM (1937): Studies of the mammalian dentition. - I The teeth of Centetes ecaudatus and its allies. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London B107 (1): 103-132. (Abstract)
Butler PM (1941): A comparison of the skulls and teeth of the two species of Hemicentetes. Journal of Mammalogy 22 (1): 65-81. (Open Access [after registration])
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Cahoon B, Treat M, van Breukelen F (2015): Torpor in tenrecs, a basal protoendothermic mammal. The FASEB Journal 29 (1) Supplement 982.6. (Abstract)
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