Nesogale talazaci

(Forsyth Major, 1896)

Talazac's Shrew Tenrec

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Atlantogenata
Superorder : Afrotheria
Order : Afrosoricida
Suborder : Tenrecomorpha
Family : Tenrecidae
Subfamily : Oryzorictinae
Genus : Nesogale

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/19211263

Original name as described

Microgale Talazaci

Other common names

Talzac's Shrew Tenrec

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.9.1.107

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2a567001-62b6-4b46-baf6-3eb691db4fb8

Type locality

"from the forest of the Independent Tanala of Ikongo, in the neighbourhood of Vinanitelo, one day's journey south of Fianarantsoa," 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

Taxonomy notes

moved to Nesogale from 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/1000512

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 Talazaci

(Forsyth Major, 1896)

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

talazaci

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.9.1.107

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2a567001-62b6-4b46-baf6-3eb691db4fb8

Authority page

320

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19211263

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 (1982:61) (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/41315/97202475) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Nesogale talazaci

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

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

talazaci

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 #400000332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000512) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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