Kingdom Animalia Family Tenrecidae Scientific name Hemicentetes Rank Genus | Suborder Tenrecomorpha Subfamily Tenrecinae Phylum Chordata Order Afrosoricida | |
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Lower classifications Lowland streaked tenrec, Highland streaked tenrec | ||
Hemicentetes is a genus of tenrec with two species, present on the island of Madagascar.
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Hemicentetes nigriceps hochland streifentanrek
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. (Marshall and Eisenberg, 1996)
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. (Goodman, et al., 2000; Marshall and Eisenberg, 1996; Stephenson, 2007)