This section of the website is dedicated to sharing information about the different types of tiles and tenrecs. It contains information about their natural habitat, climate, flora and fauna living in their natural habitat and all important information about the species not related to keeping it as a pet. Care information about hedgehogs and tenrecs as pets can be found in the various online courses we offer on our website.
Hedgehogs
Hedgehogs are small mammals with spines that occur on the continents of Europe, Asia and Africa. Hedgehogs belong to the family ‘Erineceidae’ and to the subfamily ‘Erinaceinae’. There are five genera in that subfamily containing a total of 19 species. All types are listed below.
African pygmy hedgehog
Atelerix albiventris
North African hedgehog
Atelerix algirus
South African hedgehog
Atelerix frontalis
Somali hedgehog
Atelerix sclateri
Amur hedgehog
Erinaceus amurensis
Southern white-breasted hedgehog
Erinaceus concolor
European hedgehog
Erinaceus europaeus
Northern white-breasted hedgehog
Erinaceus roumanicus
Egyptian long-eared hedgehog
Hemiechinus auritus
Indian long-eared hedgehog
Hemiechinus collaris
Daurian hedgehog
Mesechinus dauuricus
Hugh’s hedgehog
Mesechinus hughi
Small-toothed forest hedgehog
Mesechinus miodon
Gaoligong forest hedgehog
Mesechinus wangi
Eastern forest hedgehog
Mesechinus orientalis
Desert hedgehog
Paraechinus aethiopicus
Brandt’s hedgehog
Paraechinus hypomelas
Indian hedgehog
Paraechinus micropus
Bare-bellied hedgehog
Paraechinus nudiventris
Gymnures
Gymnures are closely related to hedgehogs: they both belong to the same hedgehog family ‘Erinaceidae’, but gymnures belong to the subfamily ‘Galericinae’. This subfamily contains six genera containing a total of fifteen species. All types are listed below.
Moonrat
Echinosorex gymnura
Bornean short-tailed gymnure
Hylomys dorsalis
Dalat gymnure
Hylomys macarong
Max’s short-tailed gymnure
Hylomys maxi
Dwarf gymnure
Hylomys parvus
Northern short-tailed gymnure
Hylomys peguensis
Javan short-tailed gymnure
Hylomys suillus
Leuser gymnure
Hylomys vorax
Hainan gymnure
Neohylomys hainanensis
Shrew gymnure
Neotetracus sinensis
Long-eared gymnure
Otohylomys megalotis
Dinagat gymnure
Podogymnura aureospinula
Eastern Mindanao gymnure
Podogymnura intermedia
Kitanglad gymnure
Podogymnura minima
Mindanao gymnure
Podogymnura truei
Tenrecs
Tenrecs are small mammals from the family ‘Tenrecidae’. Although they may look very similar to some species of hedgehogs and gymnures, they are unrelated. Through a form of ‘convergent evolution’ these animals may look alike and have similar habitats and needs in captivity. The family has three subfamilies. Below are all types, 30 in total.
Large-eared tenrec
Geogale aurita
Short-tailed shrew tenrec
Microgale brevicaudata
Cowan’s shrew tenrec
Microgale cowani
Drouhard’s shrew tenrec
Microgale drouhardi
Dryad shrew tenrec
Microgale dryas
Pale shrew tenrec
Microgale fotsifotsy
Gracile shrew tenrec
Microgale gracilis
Grandidier’s shrew tenrec
Microgale grandidieri
Naked-nosed shrew tenrec
Microgale gymnorhyncha
Jenkins’s shrew tenrec
Microgale jenkinsae
Northern shrew tenrec
Microgale jobihely
Lesser long-tailed shrew tenrec
Microgale longicaudata
Major’s long-tailed tenrec
Microgale majori
Web-footed tenrec
Microgale mergulus
Montane shrew tenrec
Microgale monticola
Nasolo’s shrew tenrec
Microgale nasoloi
Pygmy shrew tenrec
Microgale parvula
Greater long-tailed shrew tenrec
Microgale principula
Least shrew tenrec
Microgale pusilla
Shrew-toothed shrew tenrec
Microgale soricoides
Taiva shrew tenrec
Microgale taiva
Thomas’s shrew tenrec
Microgale thomasi
Dobson’s shrew tenrec
Nesogale dobsoni
Talazac’s shrew tenrec
Nesogale talazaci
Mole-like rice tenrec
Oryzorictes hova
Four-toed rice tenrec
Oryzorictes tetradactylus
Lesser hedgehog tenrec
Echinops telfairi
Highland streaked tenrec
Hemicentetes nigriceps
Lowland streaked tenrec
Hemicentetes semispinosus
Greater hedgehog tenrec
Setifer setosus
Common tenrec
Tenrec ecaudatus
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