Microgale gracilis

(Forsyth Major, 1896)

Gracile 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

Forsyth Major, C.I. 1896-10-01. Diagnoses of new mammals from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)18(106):318-325.

Authority publication link

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

Original name as described

Oryzoryctes gracilis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.9.1.78

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d56f1ff1-eca0-4597-9370-493d9348df5b

Type locality

"Ambohimitombo forest," Madagascar. Restricted by R. D. E. MacPhee in 1987 to "Ambohimitombo town (1300 m) … 43 km (by road) SE of Ambositra, 10 km into eastern forest; Fianarantsoa, Fianarantsoa [Province, Madagascar]; 20°43'S, 47°26'E." Further clarified by P. D. Jenkins and M. D. Carleton in 2005 to "ca 20°40'S 47°24'E."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000495

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.

Oryzoryctes gracilis

(Forsyth Major, 1896)

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

gracilis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.9.1.78

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d56f1ff1-eca0-4597-9370-493d9348df5b

Authority page

321

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Microgale gracilis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

gracilis

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. Bronner & Jenkins (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9688)
  3. Everson, Soarimalala, Goodman & Olson (2016:903) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35685)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000495) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13343/97191617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Leptogale gracilis

(Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982)

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

gracilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

59

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

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