Otter shrews arecarnivorous andsemiaquatic, preying on any aquatic animal they can find with their sensitive whiskers. All tenrecs are believed to descend from a common ancestor that lived 29–37 million years (Ma) ago[3][4][5] afterrafting from Africa to Madagascar in a single event.[7][8] Tenrecs are widely diverse; as a result ofconvergent evolution they resemblehedgehogs,shrews,opossums ormice. All tenrecs appear to be at least somewhatomnivorous, withinvertebrates forming the largest part of their diets.
^abDouady, C. J.; Catzeflis, F.; Kao, D. J.; Springer, M. S.; Stanhope, M. J. (2002). "Molecular Evidence for the Monophyly of Tenrecidae (Mammalia) and the Timing of the Colonization of Madagascar by Malagasy Tenrecs".Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.22 (3):357–363.Bibcode:2002MolPE..22..357D.doi:10.1006/mpev.2001.1055.PMID11884160.
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