Setifer setosus (Schreber 1778)

[Erinaceus] setosus Schreber 1778, Die Saugethiere, Vol. 3: 590.

Type Locality: Madagascar.

Vernacular Names: Greater Hedgehog Tenrec.

Synonyms: Setifer acanthurus Boddaert 1785; Setifer fontoynonti G. Grandidier 1930; Setifer melantho Thomas 1926; Setifer nigrescens I. Geoffroy 1839; Setifer nigricans Bartlett 1875; Setifer spinosus Desmarest 1820 .

Distribution: All latitudes and phytographic zones: eastern humid forest, central highlands, northern highlands, sambirano, western deciduous forest, spiny bush, Madagascar.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Dasogale fontoynonti was based on a juvenile Setifer setosus, see Poduschka and Poduschka (1982:253) and MacPhee (1987 b:133).