Hemicentetes nigriceps

A. Günther, 1875

Highland Streaked Tenrec

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Atlantogenata
Superorder : Afrotheria
Order : Afrosoricida
Suborder : Tenrecomorpha
Family : Tenrecidae
Subfamily : Tenrecinae
Genus : Hemicentetes

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Günther, A. 1875-08-01. Notice of two new species of mammals (Propithecus and Hemicentetes) from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)16(92):125-126.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25128007

Original name as described

Hemicentetes nigriceps

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1875.7.20.18

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4e7b468a-6dc9-4ddc-9292-8563c2b7e465

Type locality

"Fienerentova [= Fianarantsoa]," Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000516

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Hemicentetes nigriceps

A. Günther, 1875

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

nigriceps

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1875.7.20.18

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4e7b468a-6dc9-4ddc-9292-8563c2b7e465

Authority page

125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25128007

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Bronner & Jenkins (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9688)
  2. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  3. Everson, Soarimalala, Goodman & Olson (2016:903) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35685)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #62011) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #62011) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/62011/97189172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hemicentetes variegatus, var. buffoni

Jentink, 1879

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

buffoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

150

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9631029

Authority publication

Notes from the Leyden Museum

Name usages

Bronner & Jenkins (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9688)

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