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/31982561

Original 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-bea7-4c80f45cda2a

Type 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000491

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 Cowani

O. Thomas, 1882

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

cowani

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1882.3.1.25

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/88dd4511-6584-4964-bea7-4c80f45cda2a

Authority page

320

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31982561

Authority publication

Journal of the Linnean Society of London

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. Bronner & Jenkins (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9688)
  4. Everson, Soarimalala, Goodman & Olson (2016:903) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35685)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40586) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40586) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000491) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40586/97190403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Microgale longirostris

Forsyth Major, 1896

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

longirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.9.1.111

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cd84529d-2691-4830-bf14-96899086f236

Authority page

321

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19211264

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

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

Microgale cowani nigrescens

D. G. Elliot, 1905

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

nigrescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:1349, FMNH:Mamm:5644

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=746efd3a-4900-4832-ae58-6357f1d9fd2f http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=fea4e3b6-b9ee-4386-892b-0c0e6ea5bef7

Authority page

237

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2265707

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Microgale crassipes

Milne-Edwards, 1893

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

crassipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1892-1560

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1892-1560

Authority page

98

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36052410

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

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

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