Microgale gymnorhyncha

P. D. Jenkins, S. M. Goodman, & Raxworthy, 1996

Naked-nosed 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

Jenkins, P.D., Goodman, S.M. and Raxworthy, C.J. 1996. The shrew tenrecs (Microgale) (Insectivora: Tenrecidae) of the Réserve naturelle intégrale d'Andringitra, Madagascar. Fieldiana Zoology 85:191-217.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2856187

Original name as described

Microgale gymnorhyncha

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:151807

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2650575

Type locality

"38 km S Ambalavao, RNI [= Réserve Naturelle Intégrale] d'Andringitra, on ridge E of Volotsangana River, Fianarantsoa Province [eastern Madagascar], 22°11'39"S 46°58'16"E, altitude 1625 m."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000497

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Names and synonyms

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Microgale gymnorhyncha

P. D. Jenkins, S. M. Goodman, & Raxworthy, 1996

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

gymnorhyncha

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:151807

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2650575

Authority page

211

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2856187

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

  1. Bronner & Jenkins (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9688)
  2. Everson, Soarimalala, Goodman & Olson (2016:903) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35685)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #62014) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #62014) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/62014/97191808) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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