Microgale pusilla

Forsyth Major, 1896

Least 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

Forsyth Major, C.I. 1896-12-01. Descriptions of four additional new mammals from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)18(108):461-463.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628649

Original name as described

Microgale pusilla

Other common names

Lesser Shrew Tenrec

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.9.1.93

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/43950089-6d55-448c-8c94-9ec4dcdd73ba

Type locality

"Forest of the Independent Tanala of Ikongo, in the neighbourhood of Vinanitelo," Madagascar. Restricted by R. D. E. MacPhee in 1987 to "50 km SE of Fianarantsoa town and 10 km SSE of Vohitrafeno town, western margin of eastern forest; Fianarantsoa, Fianarantsoa [Province, Madagascar]; 21°45'S, 47°17'E." Further clarified by M. D. Carleton and D. F. Schmidt in 1990 and P. D. Jenkins and Carleton in 2005 to "21°43'S, 47°16'E."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000507

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 pusilla

Forsyth Major, 1896

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

pusilla

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.9.1.93

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/43950089-6d55-448c-8c94-9ec4dcdd73ba

Authority page

462

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628649

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

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 #41314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000507) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41314/97201685) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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