Microgale longicaudata

O. Thomas, 1882

Lesser Long-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

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 longicaudata

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1882.3.1.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/234eb185-1340-4a3a-b647-e896b45f4fd3

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

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. majori

Taxonomy notes citation

Olson, L. E., Goodman, S. M., & Yoder, A. D. (2004). Illumination of cryptic species boundaries in long-tailed shrew tenrecs (Mammalia: Tenrecidae; Microgale), with new insights into geographic variation and distributional constraints. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 83(1), 1-22.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000500

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 longicaudata

O. Thomas, 1882

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

longicaudata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1882.3.1.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/234eb185-1340-4a3a-b647-e896b45f4fd3

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 (1982:60) (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 #13344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000500) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13344/97200213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Microgale prolixacaudata

G. Grandidier, 1937

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

prolixacaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:45035

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:45035

Authority page

348

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52444394

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

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

Microgale longicauda

Kaudern, 1918

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

longicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

526

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27080435

Authority publication

Zoologische Jahrbücher

Microgale prolixicaudata

J. F. Eisenberg & E. Gould, 1970

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

prolixicaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

29, 30

Authority publication

Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology

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)

Microgale amplexicaudata

Heim de Balsac, 1972

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

amplexicaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

629-660

Authority publication

The Hague

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