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Adaptive Radiation Gallery

Tenrecs | Lemurs | Finches | Silverswords | Fruit Flies

From one to many: All of the species within each of the groups below share a common ancestor. Click on the image of one of the groups to see some of its more notable representatives -- and explore the results of adaptive radiation.

Tenrecs of Madagascar

The 30 species of this diverse group of mammals are unique to the island of Madagascar. They all share a common ancestor that probably arrived near the end of the age of the dinosaurs, 60 or 70 million years ago.

			Common name: Lesser hedgehog tenrec Scientific name: Echinops telfairi
			Common name: Tailless tenrec Scientific name: Tenrec ecaudatus
			Common name: Water shrew Scientific name: Geogale aurita
			Common name: Tree Shrew Scientific name: Microgale taiva
			Common name: Rice tenrec Scientific name: Oryzorictes hova
			Common name: Soricoid shrew tenrec Scientific name: Microgale soricoides
			Common name: Streaked tenrec Scientific name: Hemicentetes semispinosus
			Common name: Long-tailed shrew tenrec Scientific name: Microgale drouhardi

-> See the Lemurs of Madagascar

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