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Some facts about the
Dobson's long-tailed tenrec
Adult weight : 0.038 kg (0.0836 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 6 years
Female maturity :669 days
Male maturity : 669 days
Gestation : 61 days
Weaning : 29 days
Litter size : 3
Weight at birth : 0.004 kg (0.0088 lbs)
Body mass : 0.045 kg (0.099 lbs)
Temperature : 30.85 °C (87.53 °F)
Dobson's shrew tenrec
Order : Insectivora
Family : Tenrecidae
Subfamily : Oryzorictinae
Species : Microgale dobsoni
The Dobson's shrew tenrec is listed as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Countries
MadagascarHabitats
Artificial / Terrestrial, Forest, Plantations, Subtropical / Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest, Subtropical / Tropical Moist Lowland and Subtropical / Tropical Moist Montane
Facts about the Dobson's shrew tenrec
Microgale dobsoni is shrew-like in general appearance, has a grey-brown back, a grey belly, and a tail almost as long as its head and body. (Full text)
ht Microgale dobsoni is insectivorous. (Full text)
Microgale dobsoni (Dobson's Shrew Tenrec): Narrative Microgale dobsoni is insectivorous. (Full text)
1. hellgrammiate, dobson -- (large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait)hellgrammiate
dobson
2. dobson, dobsonfly, dobson fly, Corydalus cornutus -- (large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait)
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dobsonfly
dobson fly
Corydalus cornutus
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