Lowland streaked tenrec  (Hemicentetes semispinosus)

Authentication

Authenticated (22/06/05) by Nick Garbutt, zoologist and author.

Glossary

  • Insectivores: small, primitive and typically nocturnal mammals that feed on insects.
  • Invertebrate: animals with no backbone.
  • Subspecies: a population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (June, 2009)
    http://www.redlist.org
  2. Animal Diversity Web (May, 2005)
    http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Hemicentetes_semispinosus.html
  3. Garbutt, N. (2005) Pers. comm.
  4. Stony Brook University – Mammals of Ranomafana National Park (May, 2005)
    http://info.bio.sunysb.edu/rano.biodiv/Mammals/Hemicentetes-semispinosus/
  5. Garbutt, N. (1999) Mammals of Madagascar.Pica Press, Sussex.
  6. Macdonald, D. (2001) The New Encyclopedia of Mammals.Oxford University Press, Oxford.
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