Microgale nasoloi

P. D. Jenkins & S. M. Goodman, 1999

Nasolo'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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Jenkins, P.D. and Goodman, S.M. 1999. A new species of Microgale (Lipotyphla, Tenrecidae) from isolated forest in southwestern Madagascar. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London (Zoology)65:155-164.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41008937

Original name as described

Microgale nasoloi

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:156187

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/2654955

Type locality

"Vohibasia Forest [= Forêt de Vohibasia], 59 km northeast of Sakaraha, Province de Toliara, southwestern Madagascar, 22°27.5' S, 44°50.5' E, 780 m."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000504

Country distribution map

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