Highland Streaked Tenrec

Taxobox
name = Highland Streaked Tenrec
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Afrotheria Specialist Group (Tenrec Section), Jenkins, P. & Goodman, S. | year = 2006 | id = 62011| title = Hemicentetes nigriceps | downloaded = 2007-04-12]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Afrosoricida
familia = Tenrecidae
subfamilia = Tenrecinae
genus = "Hemicentetes"
species = "H. nigriceps"
binomial = "Hemicentetes nigriceps"
binomial_authority = Gunther, 1875
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 Highland Streaked Tenrec uses its long snout to burrow under leaves and bark, searching for earthworms, its primary food.

References

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External links

* [http://www.tsaracamp-madagascar.com/mammals.html Streaked Tenrec] This website gives a brief description of the Highland Streaked Tenrec, and includes a photograph.