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THE STORY OF THE TENREC. 
fruits and roots. In captivity they will eat raw meat, and are also said to be 
fond of bananas. They sleep nearly all the day, and come forth in full activity 
only at night. 
The true tenrecs. have a body much longer than the hedge-hogs, and 
their bristles are less rigid, the spines being covered with soft, silky hair. 
The head is shapgd like that of the pouched animals. It is found not only 
THE TENREC AND ITS HABITS. 
in Madagascar, but also in the islands of Bourbon and Maurice, but it was 
probably carried to the latter island by the colonists. It is tailless, about 
twelve inches long, and of a fawn color. The second species has rather 
strong prickles, and is of a grayish-black color. 
The spines of the tenrec are like stiff pointed bristles, and are by no means 
so strong as those of the hedgehog. 
