Classification
Kingdom: Animalia (multicellular;eukaryote)
Phylum: Chordata (has vertebrae)
Class: Mammalia (warm-blooded, has hair, three ear bones, mammary glands)
Order: Afrosoricida (looks like African shrew)
Family: Tenrecidae (tenrec)
Genus: Hemicentetes (streaked tenrec)
Species: Semispinosus
Information from figure above taken from
http://tolweb.org/
Information from figure above taken from
http://tolweb.org/
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