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Why oh why is the page at Tenrecidae and not Tenrec, the common English name??? 198.54.202.242 (talk) 15:36, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Because there are numerous species of tenrecs, and "Tenrecidae" is more formal than "Tenrec"--Mr Fink (talk) 15:44, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK, but Tenrec is satisfactory to describe all Tenrecidae. The consensus appears mostly to be listing under common names - I see Hedgehog, Beaver, Golden Mole, Lemur, and even Macropod as listed by common name and not scientific name; however, I also see Cetacea (and not Cetacean.) Most of the entries under scientific names appear to be where a scientific name refers to a group of animals with members referred to by more than one discrete common name, e.g. Petauridae, Canidae, Felidae, Muridae. To me if anybody wanted to know about Tenrecs in general, they would type in Tenrec and not Tenrecidae. But, it really isn't a big deal, as thanks to re-directs, they end up in the same place. 198.54.202.242 (talk) 16:22, 18 December 2007 (UTC) Oh, ok ignore above. Sorry to waste your time. See there are otter-shrews in the taxon too. Apologies. 198.54.202.242 (talk) 17:43, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Numer of teats

The article says the common tenrec has 29 teats. I believe an odd number of teats is impossible and there is nothing about it in the 'common tenrec' and 'nipple' articles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.141.155.146 (talk) 21:52, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Opossums always have an odd number of mammae (except Hyladelphys). I'm not sure about tenrecs, but Bhatnagar, Kunwar P.; Ramsaroop, Lelika; Bhatnagar, Kailash P.; Satyapal, Kapil S.; Singh, B. (2003). "Dorsal Scapular Breast in a Woman". Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 112 (2): 571–574. doi:10.1097/01.PRS.0000070969.07434.31. PMID 12900616. and a couple of other sources I found in Google Books and Scholar do say Tenrec ecaudatus has up to 29 mammae. The citation cited there is Nicoll, M. E. Mechanisms and consequences of large litter population in Tenrec ecaudatus (Insectivora:Tenrecidae). Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Cent. 237: 219, 1983. Ucucha 23:19, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Definition of "Tenrecidae"

So I came to this article to find out what a tenrec is. Instead the opening paragraph tells me what they look like in general and where they live. I think that this article (like all other Wikipedia articles) should open with the definition or defining characteristics of Tenrecidae.173.180.7.3 (talk) 09:25, 2 April 2013 (UTC)BeeCier[reply]

Requested move 14 October 2013

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The result of the move request was: Move. Cúchullain ^t/c 15:13, 24 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Tenrecidae → Tenrec – Common name. The suborder Tenrecomorpha and family Tenrecidae are composed solely of species commonly called tenrecs. Compare with golden mole. Srnec (talk) 05:28, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Weak support There's no question of WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, since the proposed title already redirects here. I'm not sure what the best title per WP:NCFAUNA is though. It's more accepting of common names than WP:NCFLORA, but I'm not sure just how common "Tenrec" is. I'm fine erring on the side of the common name, though; with plants, I'd probably lean the other way. --BDD (talk) 19:16, 23 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Otter shrews are not commonly called tenrecs. Ucucha (talk) 14:47, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It is not part of their common name, no, but to my knowledge you might say, "The giant otter shrew is neither an otter nor a shrew, but a tenrec. . .", and nobody would contradict you. Srnec (talk) 17:44, 14 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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