The pitches ( Tenrec ecaudatus ) is small a Insectivore resembling the Hérisson originating in Madagascar. One finds it today also with the the Comoros, Mauritius and the Réunion.

It is a thorny animal with the long fine muzzle, without tail, which has manners of the Hérisson and can, like him, to put itself in ball. It is terrestrial and night.

It is also called tanrec (or “tenrec”), of the Madagascan tandraka , or hedgehog of Madagascar .

Health

Pitches is vector of the Leptospirose.

Use

With the Meeting, pitches it is driven out much with especially of the dogs Royal-Bourbon. The legal period of this hunting is from February 15th to April 15th. It is consumed in Carri. A festival around this mets rare is organized each year in March with the Large Launch.

With Mayotte, its capture is authorized between on February 20th and the end of March, apart from the periods of hibernation and reproduction. With the the Comoros, to eat it does not have very good reputation and it is in general consumed only by the men.

Culture

• One pitches anthropomorphic called Bayoun was the official Mascotte fifth Plays of the islands of the Indian Ocean, plays Sport yews organized with the Réunion in 1998.

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