Hemicentetes

Hemicentetes
Lowland streaked tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Afrosoricida
Suborder: Tenrecomorpha
Family: Tenrecidae
Subfamily: Tenrecinae
Genus: Hemicentetes
Mivart, 1871
Type species
Ericulus semispinosus
G. Cuvier, 1798
Species
Synonyms
  • Centetes Schinz & Brodtmann, 1827
  • Echinodes Pomel, 1848
  • Ericius Giebel, 1871
  • Ericus Bergroth, 1902
  • Eteocles Gray, 1821

Hemicentetes is a genus of tenrec with two species, present on the island of Madagascar.

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