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What is the only known mammal to generate sound by stridulation?

Question #150671. Asked by BigTriviaDawg.
Last updated Mar 17 2024.
Originally posted Feb 18 2024 9:14 PM.

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The streaked tenrec.

I sense you wondering, "What is stridulation?" It involves rubbing two body parts together as many insects do. Tenrecs are native to the island of Madagascar.
The lowland streaked tenrec ("Hemicentetes semispinosus") is unique in that it is the only known mammal to communicate by stridulation, which is so rare that we need to explain the word stridulation. It is the act of communicating by rubbing body parts together, in the manner of crickets and lobsters. The lowland streaked tenrec has seven to sixteen specialized quills on its back, arranged in three rows, that produce sound when rubbed together.
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Feb 18 2024, 9:15 PM
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