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Streaked tenrec
Order : Insectivora
Family : Tenrecidae
Subfamily : Tenrecinae
Species : Hemicentetes semispinosus
The Lowland streaked tenrec is listed as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Countries
MadagascarStreaked tenrec habitats
Arable Land, Artificial / Terrestrial, Forest, Introduced vegetation, Pastureland, Plantations, Rural Gardens, Shrubland, Subtropical / Tropical Dry Shrubland, Subtropical / Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest, Subtropical / Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical / Tropical Moist Montane and Urban AreasSome facts about the
Streaked tenrec
Adult weight : 0.18 kg (0.396 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 3 years
Female maturity :35 days
Gestation : 59 days
Weaning : 21 days
Litter size : 4
Litters per year : 2
Weight at birth : 0.012 kg (0.0264 lbs)
Body mass : 0.116 kg (0.2552 lbs)
Temperature : 34.85 °C (94.73 °F)
Facts about the streaked tenrec
Hemicentetes semispinosus is a smallish tenrec (head and body length about 140 mm) with spiny pelage that is black with a median stripe on the head and three stripes running along the length of the back of the body (Marshall and Eisenberg, 1996:1). (Full text)
Hemicentetes semispinosus is found in Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections: INSECTIVORES . (Full text)
Hemicentetes semispinosus is found in Madagascar.
The streaked tenrec is active during the day and night, feeding primarily upon earthworms.
ITIS TNS Google MSN Hemicentetes semispinosus, the streaked tenrec, is one of 23 extant species of the clade Tenrecidae (Nowak, 1991). (Full text)
ITIS TNS Google MSN Hemicentetes semispinosus, the streaked tenrec, is one of 23 extant species of the clade Tenrecidae (Nowak, 1991). (Full text)
The streaked tenrec is very diffecult to keep as they will only eat groundworms and snails. (Full text)
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