Low Land Streaked Tenrecs

Animal: Low land streaked tenrecs
Overshadowed by: Porcupines
Scientific name: Hemicentetes semispinosus
Predators: Dumeril's boa, Malagasy ring tailed mongoose, Malagasy fossas, and Malagasy cives
Habitat: Only found on Madagascar's east side
Diet: mostly earth worms or similar animals otherwise small invertebrates.
Classification: mammal
Size: 4.41 to 9.87 pounds and around 5.51 inches long
Hunting strategy: stomps to invoke earth worm activity then digs them up and eats them.
Endangered status: right in the middle
Closest relatives: other tenrecs like the high land streaked tenrec, and the common tenrec.
Facts: The low land streaked tenrecs live in small groups, can rub their retractable quills together to communicate, can drop body temperature to the surrounding temperature, the low land streaked tenrec has no tail, and they are active at day and night.