Microgale brevicaudata

G. Grandidier, 1899

Short-tailed Shrew Tenrec

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Atlantogenata
Superorder : Afrotheria
Order : Afrosoricida
Suborder : Tenrecomorpha
Family : Tenrecidae
Subfamily : Oryzorictinae
Genus : Microgale

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Grandidier, G. 1899. Description d'une nouvelle espèce d'insectivore provenant de Madagascar. Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 5:349.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5029728

Original name as described

Microgale brevicaudata

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1986-387

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1986-387

Type locality

"les environs de Mahanara, à 75 kilomètres environ au sud de Vohémar, sur la côte nord-est de Madagascar." Restricted by R. D. E. MacPhee in 1987 to "Maharana River ... 78 km S of Iharana [Vohimarina], and originates within the eastern part of the eastern rain forest; Antsiranana, Antalaha [Madagascar]; 13°58'S, 49°58'E."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000490

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Microgale brevicaudata

G. Grandidier, 1899

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

brevicaudata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1986-387

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1986-387

Authority page

349

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5029728

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Hutterer (1993:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  5. Bronner & Jenkins (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9688)
  6. Everson, Soarimalala, Goodman & Olson (2016:903) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35685)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/54007828/97189964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Microgale brevicauda

Kaudern, 1918

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

brevicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

526

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27080435

Authority publication

Zoologische Jahrbücher

Microgale breviceps

Kaudern, 1918

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

breviceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

528

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27080437

Authority publication

Zoologische Jahrbücher

Name usages

Bronner & Jenkins (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9688)

Paramicrogale occidentalis

(G. Grandidier & G. Petit, 1931)

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:45047

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:45047

Authority page

129

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France

Name usages

  1. Grandidier & Petit (1931:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68311)
  2. Bronner & Jenkins (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9688)

Microgale occidentalis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

22

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

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