Within the subfamily of ‘Real tenrecs’ there’s ony 5 species. However, there’s also a subfamily of Rice tenrecs, a subfamily of Rice and shrew tenrecs and the subfamily of the Large-eared tenrec. All of these are within the family of Tenrecs and include a total of 33 species. These do not include extinct species.
- Tenrec species
- Geogalinae
- Geogale
- Geogale aurita – Large-eared tenrec
- Geogale
- Tenrecinae
- Echinops
- Echinops telfairi – Lesser hedgehog tenrec
- Hemicentetes
- Hemicentetes nigriceps – Highland streaked tenrec
- Hemicentetes semispinosus – Lowland streaked tenrec
- Setifer
- Setifer setosus – Greater hedgehog tenrec
- Tenrec
- Tenrec ecaudatus – Common tenrec
- Echinops
- Oryzorictinae
- Microgale
- Microgale brevicaudata – Short-tailed shrew tenrec
- Microgale cowani – Cowan’s shrew tenrec
- Microgale drouhardi – Drouhard’s shrew tenrec
- Microgale dryas – Dryad shrew tenrec
- Microgale fotsifotsy – Pale shrew tenrec
- Microgale gracilis – Gracile shrew tenrec
- Microgale grandidieri – Grandidier’s shrew tenrec
- Microgale gymnorhyncha – Naked-nosed shrew tenrec
- Microgale jenkinsae – Jenkins’s shrew tenrec
- Microgale jobihely – Northern shrew tenrec
- Microgale longicaudata – Lesser long-tailed shrew tenrec
- Microgale majori – Major’s long-tailed tenrec
- Microgale mergulus – Web-footed tenrec
- Microgale monticola – Montane shrew tenrec
- Microgale nasoloi – Nasolo’s shrew tenrec
- Microgale parvula – Pygmy shrew tenrec
- Microgale principula – Greater long-tailed shrew tenrec
- Microgale pusilla – Least shrew tenrec
- Microgale soricoides – Shrew-toothed shrew tenrec
- Microgale taiva – Taiva shrew tenrec
- Microgale thomasi – Thomas’s shrew tenrec
- Nesogale
- Nesogale dobsoni – Dobson’s shrew tenrec
- Nesogale talazaci – Talazac’s shrew tenrec
- Oryzorictes
- Oryzorictes hova – Mole-like rice tenrec
- Oryzorictes tetradactylus – Four-toed rice tenrec
- Microgale
- Geogalinae