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title: "Lowland Streaked Tenrec"
description: "Hemicentetes semispinosus — Mammals. The lowland streaked tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus) is a small tenrec found in Madagascar."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/lowland-streaked-tenrec
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Lowland Streaked Tenrec

> Hemicentetes semispinosus — Mammals. The lowland streaked tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus) is a small tenrec found in Madagascar.

- Scientific name: *Hemicentetes semispinosus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 180
- Wikidata: [Q265167](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q265167)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42439](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42439)

## Names

- en: Lowland Streaked Tenrec
- de: Eigentlicher Streifentenrek
- es: Tenrec Listado de Tierras Bajas
- fr: Tenrec zébré des terres basses
- nl: Gestreepte tenrek
- pl: Tenrekowiec pręgowany

## Countries with the most observations

MG (170)

## Summary

The lowland streaked tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus) is a small tenrec found in Madagascar. It belongs to the family Tenrecidae in the order Afrosoricida, and more specifically to the subfamily of the spiny tenrecs Tenrecinae. Its natural habitats are in tropical lowland rain forests in northern and eastern parts of Madagascar.
It is very closely related to the highland streaked tenrec.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowland_streaked_tenrec

## Photo

![Lowland Streaked Tenrec](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lowland-streaked-tenrec/medium.jpg)

Photo: bat (Maria Vorontsova) · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64394512

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lowland-streaked-tenrec?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).