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--> ORDER AFROSORICIDA
--> SUBORDER TENRECOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Tenrecidae
--> SUBFAMILY Tenrecinae
--> GENUS Hemicentetes
SPECIES Hemicentetes nigriceps
Author: | Günther, 1875. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, 16: 125. | Common Name: | Highland Streaked Tenrec | Type Locality: | Fienerentova [? = Fianarantsoa, Madagascar]. | Distribution: | Eastern edge of central highlands, E Madagascar. | Comments: | Distinguished from H. semispinosus by craniodental features (Butler, 1941; Dobson, 1882a) and treated as a distinct species by Eisenberg and Gould (1970). Considered to be a subspecies of H. semispinosus (Genest and Petter, 1975; Hutterer, 1993). Recorded sympatrically with H. semispinosus (Goodman et al., 2000). |
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