Lowland streaked tenrec

Lowland streaked tenrec[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Afrosoricida
Suborder: Tenrecomorpha
Family: Tenrecidae
Genus: Hemicentetes
Species:
H. semispinosus
Binomial name
Hemicentetes semispinosus
G. Cuvier, 1798
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.

  1. ^ Bronner, G.N.; Jenkins, P.D. (2005). "Order Afrosoricida". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Stephenson, P.J.; Soarimalala, V.; Goodman, S. (2016). "Hemicentetes semispinosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40593A97189434. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T40593A97189434.en. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  3. ^ Endo, H.; Oishi, M.; Yonezawa, T.; Rakotondraparany, F.; Hasegawa, M. (December 2007). "The Semifossorial Function of the Forelimb in the Common Rice Tenrec (Oryzorictes hova) and the Streaked Tenrec (Hemicentetes hemispinosus)". Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia. 36 (6): 413–418. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0264.2007.00792.x. PMID 18021349. S2CID 28202202.