Alex Hyde / Yellow streaked tenrec {Hemicentetes semispinosum} at night with spines erected in threat display, Maroansetra, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Small Madagascar hedgehog (Echinops telfari) curled up in a ball. Krindy Forest, Western Madagascar

Konrad Wothe / Young tenrecs (Setifer setosus) Madagascar, Africa, captive

Inaki Relanzon / A child selling a Tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus) bushmeat. North Madagascar, Africa.

Inaki Relanzon / Children selling Common Tenrecs (Tenrec ecaudatus) as bushmeat by a road. North Madagascar, Africa.

Alan Watson / Tailless tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus) in montane rainforest at 800 metres, Andasibe Mantadia National Park, Madagascar January 2009

Pete Oxford / Yellow streaked tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosum) Madagascar

Nick Garbutt / Yellow streaked tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosum) foraging, Mantadia NP, Madagascar

Inaki Relanzon / Common tailless tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus) captive, from central Madagascar

Inaki Relanzon / Common tailless tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus) captive, from central Madagascar

Inaki Relanzon / Yellow streaked tenrec {Hemicentetes semispinosum} Madagascar

Nick Garbutt / Lesser hedgehog tenrec / Small madagascar hedgehog {Echinops telfairi} climbing on branch at night, Ifaty spiny forest, south west Madagascar

Nick Garbutt / Lesser hedgehog tenrec / Small madagascar hedgehog {Echinops telfairi} climbing on branch, Ifaty spiny forest, south west Madagascar.

Pete Oxford / Common / tailless tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus) which has been hunted for food. Daraina, NE MADAGASCAR 2005

Pete Oxford / Common / Tailless tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus) Daraina, NE MADAGASCAR

Pete Oxford / Common / tailless tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus) which has been hunted for food. Daraina, NE MADAGASCAR 2005

Pete Oxford / Common / tailless tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus) which has been hunted for food. Daraina, NE MADAGASCAR 2005

Nick Garbutt / Small madagascar hedgehog {Echinops telfairi} (Madagascar tenrec) Hazafotsy, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Small madagascar hedgehog {Echinops telfairi} Kirindy forest, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Tailess tenrec {Tenrec ecaudatus}, Madagascar

Nick Garbutt / Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec / Small madagascar hedgehog {Echinops telfairi} climbing in spiny forest vegetation, Ifaty, South west Madagascar.

Nick Garbutt / Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec / Small madagascar hedgehog {Echinops telfairi} climbing down branch, Ifaty, south west Madagascar.

Pete Oxford / Small madagascar hedgehog {Echinops telfairi} held in hand to show size, Kirindy Forest, W Madagascar

Nick Garbutt / Small Madagascar tenrec {Echinops telfairi} Hazafotsy SF, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Yellow streaked tenrec, Maroansetra, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Yellow streaked tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosum) feeding on a worm, Maroansetra, Madagascar

Nick Garbutt / Lowland streaked tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosum) foraging. Mantadia NP, Eastern Madagascar

Nick Garbutt / Tailless tenrec foraging (Tenrec ecaudatus) at night. Ampijoroa Forest, North West Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Yellow streaked tenrec, Madagascar.

Nick Garbutt / Illustration of Aquatic / Web-footed / Otter Tenrec (Limnogale mergulus) swimming underwater. Endangered / threatened species.