Lowland Streaked Tenrec

Taxobox | name = Lowland Streaked Tenrec
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=Afrotheria Specialist Group "et al"|year=2006|id=40593|title=Hemicentetes semispinosus|downloaded=11 May 2006 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern]
trend = unknown
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Afrosoricida
familia = Tenrecidae
genus = "Hemicentetes"
species = "H. semispinosus"
binomial = "Hemicentetes semispinosus"
binomial_authority = G. Cuvier, 1798The Lowland Streaked Tenrec ("Hemicentetes semispinosus") is a small tenrec found in Madagascar, Africa. It grows to 19 cm and weighs up to 275 grams. It mainly feeds on worms and grubs, and does not have a tail. It lives in groups of 15 or more animals. [MSW3 Bronner|pages=77]

The species is distinctive in appearance by its two-tone color of black background with yellowish brown strips running the length of the body. Its fur is coarse with barbed spines and a dense patch of spiky yellow bristles on its crown.Animal Burnie|pages=104]

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External links

*ARKive - [http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Hemicentetes_semispinosus/ images and movies of the lowland streaked tenrec "(Hemicentetes semispinosus)"]