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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Â© A Dictionary of Zoology 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

tenrec See TENRECIDAE.

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	Reports from University of KwaZulu-Natal add new data to research in physiology. Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 9/10/2008; 700+ words ; ...see also Physiology). "The tenrecs entered daily torpor on all...minimum daily T-b of the tenrecs was 18.44 +/- 0.50 degrees...3). Thus during winter, tenrecs display the lowest normothermic...mammal, the Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec Echinops telfairi. Journal...
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