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Setifer setosus

Description

The greater hedgehog tenrec or large Madagascar hedgehog or sokina (Setifer setosus, formerly known as Dasogale fontoynonti) is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rural gardens, urban areas and zoos.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)5218437https://www.gbif.org/species/5218437
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)231471https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=231471
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Afrosoricida : Tenrecidae : Setifer : Setifer setosus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Tenrecidae : Setifer : Setifer setosus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
-AfroinsectivoraWaddell et al. 2001
superfamilyTenrecoideaMcDowell 1958
familyTenrecidaeGray 1821
genusSetiferFroriep 1806
speciesSetifer setosusSchreber 1778
Generic NameSetifer
Common Namegreater hedgehog tenrec
Scientific NameSetifer setosus (Schreber, 1778)
Name Published InDie Säugethiere .. mit Beschreibungen vol.3 p.590, pl. 164
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Setifer setosusspeciesbelongs to Setiferstated without evidenceFroriep, 1806
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietinsectivore, carnivore (based on Tenrecidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)K. Steudel and J. Beattie. 1993. Scaling of cursoriality in mammals. Journal of Morphology 217:55-63
Common Name(s) Greater Hedgehog Tenrec, Madagascan Hedgehog
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setifer_setosus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Setifer setosus melantho
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Setifer setosus setosus
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1806Setifer setosus Froriep

References

Steudel K., Beattie J. (1993) Scaling of cursoriality in mammals, Journal of Morphology 217, 55-63
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1992) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing - via Catalogue of Life
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2 - via Catalogue of Life
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole (2000) Common Names of Mammals of the World - via Catalogue of Life
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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