Species of mammal
| Highland streaked tenrec[1] |
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Conservation status |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2] |
Scientific classification  |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Afrosoricida |
| Suborder: | Tenrecomorpha |
| Family: | Tenrecidae |
| Genus: | Hemicentetes |
| Species: | H. nigriceps |
| Binomial name |
Hemicentetes nigriceps
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| Highland streaked tenrec range |
| Synonyms |
| Hemicentetes semispinosus nigriceps |
The highland streaked tenrec (Hemicentetes nigriceps) is an insectivore which lives in the central upland regions of Madagascar. Its black and white striped body is covered with quills, which it will raise when agitated. The spines detach and remain in the body of an inquisitive predator. The function of the black-and-white pattern may be to mimic juvenile Tenrec ecaudatus since the parents of this species are known to be aggressively protective, and the stripes may have developed as a type of camouflage while foraging.[3] The highland streaked tenrec uses its long snout to burrow under leaves and bark, searching for earthworms, its primary food.
References
- ^ 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. 76. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Stephenson, P.J.; Soarimalala, V.; Goodman, S. (2016). "Hemicentetes nigriceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T62011A97189172. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T62011A97189172.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Kokx, Katie. "Hemicentetes semispinosus streaked tenrec". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- Quammen, David (1996). The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions. Simon & Schuster. pp. 48. ISBN 0-684-82712-3.
Extant Afrosoricida species
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| Potamogalidae | | Micropotamogale | - Nimba otter shrew (M. lamottei)
- Ruwenzori otter shrew (M. ruwenzorii)
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| Potamogale | - Giant otter shrew (P. velox)
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Tenrecidae
(Tenrecs) | | Geogalinae | | Geogale | - Large-eared tenrec (G. aurita)
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| Oryzorictinae | | Microgale | - Short-tailed shrew tenrec (M. brevicaudata)
- Cowan's shrew tenrec (M. cowani)
- Drouhard's shrew tenrec (M. drouhardi)
- Dryad shrew tenrec (M. dryas)
- Pale shrew tenrec (M. fotsifotsy)
- Gracile shrew tenrec (M. gracilis)
- Naked-nosed shrew tenrec (M. gymnorhyncha)
- Jenkins' shrew tenrec (M. jenkinsae)
- Northern shrew tenrec (M. jobihely)
- Lesser long-tailed shrew tenrec (M. longicaudata)
- Major's long-tailed tenrec (M. majori)
- Web-footed tenrec (M. mergulus)
- Montane shrew tenrec (M. monticola)
- Nasolo's shrew tenrec (M. nasoloi)
- Pygmy shrew tenrec (M. parvula)
- Greater long-tailed shrew tenrec (M. principula)
- Least shrew tenrec (M. pusilla)
- Shrew-toothed shrew tenrec (M. soricoides)
- Taiva shrew tenrec (M. taiva)
- Thomas's shrew tenrec (M. thomasi)
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| Nesogale | - Dobson's shrew tenrec (N. dobsoni)
- Talazac's shrew tenrec (N. talazaci)
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Oryzorictes
(Rice tenrecs) | - Mole-like rice tenrec (O. hova)
- Four-toed rice tenrec (O. tetradactylus)
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| Tenrecinae | | Echinops | - Lesser hedgehog tenrec (E. telfairi)
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| Hemicentetes | - Highland streaked tenrec (H. nigriceps)
- Lowland streaked tenrec (H. semispinosus)
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| Setifer | - Greater hedgehog tenrec (S. setosus)
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| Tenrec | - Tailless tenrec (T. ecaudatus)
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Suborder Chrysochloridea (golden moles) |
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| Chrysochlorinae | | Carpitalpa | - Arends's golden mole (C. arendsi)
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| Chlorotalpa | - Duthie's golden mole (C. duthieae)
- Sclater's golden mole (C. sclateri)
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| Chrysochloris | | Subgenus Chrysochloris: | - Cape golden mole (C. asiatica)
- Visagie's golden mole (C. visagiei)
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| Subgenus Kilimatalpa: | - Stuhlmann's golden mole (C. stuhlmanni)
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| Chrysospalax | - Giant golden mole (C. trevelyani)
- Rough-haired golden mole (C. villosus)
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| Cryptochloris | - De Winton's golden mole (C. wintoni)
- Van Zyl's golden mole (C. zyli)
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| Eremitalpa | - Grant's golden mole (E. granti)
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| Amblysominae | | Amblysomus | - Fynbos golden mole (A. corriae)
- Hottentot golden mole (A. hottentotus)
- Marley's golden mole (A. marleyi)
- Robust golden mole (A. robustus)
- Highveld golden mole (A. septentrionalis)
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| Calcochloris | | Subgenus Huetia: | - Congo golden mole (C. leucorhinus)
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| Subgenus Calcochloris: | - Yellow golden mole (C. obtusirostris)
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| Subgenus incertae sedis: | - Somali golden mole (C. tytonis)
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| Neamblysomus | - Gunning's golden mole (N. gunningi)
- Juliana's golden mole (N. julianae)
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Taxon identifiers |
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| Hemicentetes nigriceps | |
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