TENRECS, 
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Tenrecs, Centetes ( 233 ), as some ol: the largest of the order 
.and the Striped Tenrecs, Hemkentetes ( 238 , 239 ). The Long- 
tailed Tenrecs, Mkrogale ( 235 , 236 ), are remarkable for the 
length ot their tails ; and there are also the Kice-Tenrecs, 
Orijzorjjctes ( 237 ), and the aquatic Limno(jale. 
To these is allied Potamogale relo.v ( 232 ), a native ot Lqua- 
torial Africa, which in habits resembles the Otters, living in the 
The riying’-Lemiir or Taguan (^Galeojnthecus vulam). 
water, and feeding on small tishes, crustaceans, and water- 
beetles. Still more curious, on account ot their isolated dis- 
tribution, are Soleiiodon cuhanus ( 23 !), of ( diba, and an allied 
species from Haiti, forming the family Soleuodontuht , there 
being practically no representatives ot the order in (Jentral or 
South America. 
The last family is formed by the Golden Moles (^Clmjso- 
chlorida), of East and South Africa, which are very like 
European Moles in general shape, but are distinguished, 
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