Lowland streaked tenrec[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Afrosoricida |
Suborder: | Tenrecomorpha |
Family: | Tenrecidae |
Genus: | Hemicentetes |
Species: | H. semispinosus
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Binomial name | |
Hemicentetes semispinosus G. Cuvier, 1798
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Lowland streaked tenrec range |
The lowland streaked tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus) is a small tenrec found in Madagascar. It belongs to the family Tenrecidae in the order Afrosoricida, and more specifically to the subfamily of the spiny tenrecs Tenrecinae.[3] Its natural habitats are in tropical lowland rain forests in northern and eastern parts of Madagascar.
It is very closely related to the highland streaked tenrec.