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Tenrec: mother and baby

A mother tenrec carries one of her many offspring. Tenrecs have the largest litter size for a mammal. This female was retrieving her litter one-by-one from various nooks and crannies on the forest floor. Common tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus).

Location: Kirindy Forest, Madagascar, Africa

Photographer: Jason Gilchrist

Tenrec: mother and baby

A mother tenrec carries one of her many offspring. Tenrecs have the largest litter size for a mammal. This female was retrieving her litter one-by-one from various nooks and crannies on the forest floor. Common tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus).

Location: Kirindy Forest, Madagascar, Africa

Photographer: Jason Gilchrist