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See also:TENREC (Centetes ecaudatus) , one of the largest representatives of the mammalian See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order Insectivora, the length being from 12 in. to 16 in.; called also the tailless ground-hog of See also:Madagascar, to which See also:island it is restricted. The coat consists chiefly of bristles and hairs, with an admixture of flexible spines, which in the See also:young See also:form See also:longitudinal lines down the back; but in the adult they are limited to the back of the See also:neck. The See also:general See also:hue is See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown tinged with yellow. From twelve to sixteen young are produced at a See also:birth, and twenty-one have been recorded. In habits the tenrec is fossorial and nocturnal; its See also:home is in the See also:brush in the See also:mountain regions, and in the cool See also:season, from May or See also:June till See also:December, it hibernates in deep burrows. The See also:long flexible snout is used to See also:root up See also:worms and grubs, and ground-See also:insects form See also:part of its nourishment. These animals are very See also:fat when See also:hibernation begins, and are then much valued for See also:food by the natives (see also INsECTlvoRA).
End of Article: TENREC (Centetes ecaudatus)
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