Microgale mergulus

(Forsyth Major, 1896)

Web-footed 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/19211262

Original name as described

Limnogale mergulus

Other common names

Aquatic Tenrec · Otter Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.9.1.113

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f0bcfe1f-28cc-4214-9aa1-b7ddb35487af

Type locality

"Imasindrary, N.E. Betsileo," Madagascar. Clarified by P. D. Jenkins and M. D. Carleton in 2005 to "Masindrary; 20°17'S 47°31'E."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

moved from Limnogale to Microgale

Taxonomy notes citation

Everson, K. M., Soarimalala, V., Goodman, S. M., & Olson, L. E. (2016). Multiple loci and complete taxonomic sampling resolve the phylogeny and biogeographic history of tenrecs (Mammalia: Tenrecidae) and reveal higher speciation rates in Madagascar's humid forests. Systematic biology, 65(5), 890-909.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000502

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.

Limnogale mergulus

(Forsyth Major, 1896)

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

mergulus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.9.1.113

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f0bcfe1f-28cc-4214-9aa1-b7ddb35487af

Authority page

319

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19211262

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:23) (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. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11979/97189690) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Microgale mergulus

Everson, Soarimalala, Goodman, & L. E. Olson, 2016

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

mergulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

903

Authority publication

Systematic Biology

Name usages

  1. Everson, Soarimalala, Goodman & Olson (2016:903) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35685)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000502) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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