Microgale cowani
O. Thomas, 1882
Cowan's 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
Thomas, O. 1882-04. Description of a new genus and two new species of Insectivora from Madagascar. Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology)16(92):319-322.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982561Original name as described
Microgale Cowani
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1882.3.1.25
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/88dd4511-6584-4964-bea7-4c80f45cda2aType locality
"Ankáfana forest, Eastern Betsileo," Madagascar. Restricted by R. D. E. MacPhee in 1987 to "Ankafina … 10 km S of Ambohimahasoa and 3 km W of Tsarafidy town, on extreme western margin of eastern rain forest; Fianarantsoa, Fianarantsoa [Province, Madagascar]; 21°12'S, 47°13'E."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Madagascar
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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