Tendrac \Ten"drac\, n. [See Tenrec.]

(Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of small insectivores of the family Centetid[ae], belonging to Ericulus, Echinope, and related genera, native of Madagascar. They are more or less spinose and resemble the hedgehog in habits. The rice tendrac (Oryzorictes hora) is very injurious to rice crops. Some of the species are called also tenrec.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Tenrec \Ten"rec\, n. [From the native name: cf. F. tanrac, tanrec, tandrec.]

(Zo["o]l.) A small insectivore (Centetes ecaudatus), native of Madagascar, but introduced also into the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius; -- called also tanrec. The name is applied to other allied genera. See Tendrac.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)