Hemicentetes semispinosus (G. Cuvier, 1798) . Tabi. Elem. Hist. Nat. Anim., 1798:108.

TYPE LOCALITY: Madagascar .

DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar, in E forests.

SYNONYMS: buffoni; madagascariensis Shaw, 1800 (not Zimmermann), nigriceps, variegatus.

COMMENTS: Includes nigriceps, see Genest and Petter (1975). Eisenberg and Gould (1970:78) believed nigriceps is distinct from semispinosus .