Microgale majori

O. Thomas, 1918

Major'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

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1918-03-28. On the arrangement of the small Tenrecidae hitherto referred to as Oryzorictes and Microgale. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)1(4):302-307.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16002937

Original name as described

Microgale majori

Other common names

Major's Long-tailed Shrew Tenrec · Major's Long-tailed Tenrec

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1882.3.1.17

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/475a0f40-7b9c-465f-875e-78607f395296

Type locality

"Ankafina 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

split from M. longicaudata

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/1000501

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 majori

O. Thomas, 1918

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

majori

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1882.3.1.17

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/475a0f40-7b9c-465f-875e-78607f395296

Authority page

305

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16002937

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1918:305, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16002937) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13455)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Bronner & Jenkins (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9688)
  5. Everson, Soarimalala, Goodman & Olson (2016:903) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35685)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #62016) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #62016) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/62016/97200480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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