The highland streaked tenrec is a small mammal with black-and-yellow spines along its back. It searches leaf litter for earthworms at night.
It has a long, pointed snout and conspicuous black-and-yellow spines. A pale stripe runs along its back, and the tail is very short or absent.
It is active at night and searches damp leaf litter for earthworms and other small invertebrates.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.