Highland Streaked Tenrec – Hemicentetes nigriceps

Hemicentetes nigricepsGünther, 1875

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

Distinguished from H. semispinosus by craniodental features (Butler, 1941; Dobson, 1882a) and treated as a distinct species by Eisenberg and Gould (1970). Considered to be a subspecies of H. semispinosus (Genest and Petter, 1975; Hutterer, 1993). Recorded sympatrically with H. semispinosus (Goodman et al., 2000).

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.