Microgale parvula

G. Grandidier, 1934

Pygmy 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

Grandidier, G. 1934. Deux nouveaux mammifères insectivores de Madagascar, _Microgale Drouhardi_ et _M. parvula_. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (2)6:474-477.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52187857

Original name as described

Microgale parvula

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:45465

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:45465

Type locality

"environs de Diego-Suarez, extrême-nord de Madagascar." Restricted by R. D. E. MacPhee in 1987 to "Antsiranana, Antsiranana [Province, Madagascar]; 12°16'S, 49°18'E."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000505

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 pulla

P. D. Jenkins, 1988

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

pulla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1987.132

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/11e009bb-426e-493c-bc3b-4919c24e37ae https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bd2a0caf-9fed-48ea-8270-b17b7422a08d

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62285820

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Microgale parvula

G. Grandidier, 1934

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

parvula

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:45465

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:45465

Authority page

476

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52187857

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

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 #13349) (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 #13349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000505) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13349/97201228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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