Order Insectivora Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 58 106 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353001 0-89327-235-3 7353001 Hemicentetes semispinosus (G. Cuvier, 1798) . Tabl. Elem. Hist. Nat. Anim., 1798 Reg. Anim., 1 st ed., p. 136 . TYPE LOCALITY: Madagascar . DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar , in E. forests. COMMENT: Includes nigriceps ; see Genest and Petter, 1971, Part 1.1:2. Eisenberg and Gould, 1970 , Smithson. Contrib. Zool., p. 27 believe nigriceps is distinct from semispinosus . ISIS NUMBER: 5301403002003002001 as H. semispinosus . 5301403002003001001 as H. nigriceps .