Back مدال قنفذي كبير Arabic مدال قنفذى كبير ARZ Ratiavatol (Setifer setosus) AVK Setifer setosus Bulgarian Tenrek-heureuchin bras Breton Tenrec espinós gros Catalan Setifer setosus CEB Großer Igeltenrek German Setifer setosus Spanish Setifer setosus Basque
| Greater hedgehog tenrec[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Afrosoricida |
| Suborder: | Tenrecomorpha |
| Family: | Tenrecidae |
| Genus: | Setifer Froriep, 1806 |
| Species: | S. setosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Setifer setosus (Schreber, 1778)
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| Greater hedgehog tenrec range | |
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The greater hedgehog tenrec (Setifer setosus), also known as the large Madagascar hedgehog or sokina,[3] is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical forests, shrubland and grassland, savanna, rural gardens, and urban areas.[2]
It is the only species in the genus Setifer.[1] Despite the close resemblance, it is not closely related to hedgehogs. Similarly to hedgehogs, neoplasia is common within the species and plays a significant role in morbidity and mortality.[4]
- ^ a b Bronner, G.N.; Jenkins, P.D. (2005). "Order Afrosoricida". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Stephenson, P.J.; Soarimalala, V.; Goodman, S. (2016). "Setifer setosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40594A97203842. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T40594A97203842.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Imerina Malagasy common name used in Stratégie Nationale pour la Gestion Durable de la Biodiversité, publication of the Malagasy Ministry of the Environment Read the PDF
- ^ Khoii, Mina K.; Howerth, Elizabeth W.; Burns, Roy B.; Carmichael, K. Paige; Gyimesi, Zoltan S. (September 2008). "Spontaneous Neoplasia in Four Captive Greater Hedgehog Tenrecs (Setifer setosus)". Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 39 (3): 392–397. doi:10.1638/2007-0063.1. ISSN 1042-7260. S2CID 22059010.