Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 - insectivores see Superorder Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 Family Tenrecidae Gray, 1821 - tenrecs Genus Tenrec Lacépède, 1799 - tenrec Tenrec ecaudatus (Schreber, 1777) - tail-less tenrec