Editing Tenrec (section)

==Etymology==

The word "tenrec" is borrowed, via [[French language|French]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=tenrec |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tenrec |access-date=4 December 2021 |website=Merriam-Webster Dictionary |publisher=Merriam-Webster |language=en}}</ref> from the [[Malagasy language|Malagasy]] word {{Lang|mg|tandraka}} (variant of {{Lang|mg|trandraka}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rakibolana malagasy sy Rakipahalalana momba an' i Madagasikara : trandraka |url=https://mg.mondemalgache.org/bins/teny2/trandraka |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=mg.mondemalgache.org}}</ref>), which refers to the [[tailless tenrec]] (''Tenrec ecaudatus''); the Malagasy word may be related to {{Langx|ms|landak|lit=[[porcupine]]}}.<ref name="RogerBlenchICAL">{{Citation |last1=Blench |first1=Roger |title=11th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics |date=2011 |contribution=Faunal names in Malagasy: their etymologies and implications for the prehistory of the East African coast |place=Aussois, France |last2=Walsh |first2=Martin |citeseerx=10.1.1.467.8453 }}</ref>