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/5029728Original 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-1986-387Type 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
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