Hemicentetes

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Hemicentetes

Hemicentetes is a genus of tenrec with two species, present on the island of Madagascar.

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Hemicentetes
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Lowland streaked tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Afrosoricida
Suborder: Tenrecomorpha
Family: Tenrecidae
Subfamily: Tenrecinae
Genus: Hemicentetes
Mivart, 1871[1]
Type species
Ericulus semispinosus[2]
G. Cuvier, 1798
Species
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Synonyms[2]
  • Centetes Schinz & Brodtmann, 1827
  • Echinodes Pomel, 1848
  • Ericius Giebel, 1871
  • Ericus Bergroth, 1902
  • Eteocles Gray, 1821
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Geographic Range

There are two species in the genus Hemicentetes, H. semispinosus and H. nigriceps both are found only on Madagascar. Lowland streaked tenrecs (H. semispinosus) are found in the rainforests on the east side of the island and highland streaked tenrecs (H. nigriceps) are found in humid forest and plateau savanna boundary habitat in the central upland portion of Madagascar.[3]

Habitat

Lowland streaked tenrecs (H. semispinosus) are found in tropical rainforest habitats while highland streaked tenrecs (H. nigriceps) are found in both tropical rainforest and savanna habitats. Their ranges were not thought to overlap, but they were found coexisting in the widely varied habitat of Mahatsinjo Forest in 2000, which led researchers to believe that they were separate species rather than subspecies.[4][3][5]

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