Microgale
| Microgale[1] | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Afrosoricida |
| Family: | Tenrecidae |
| Genus: | Microgale Thomas, 1882 |
| Species | |
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22 extant, 1 extinct see text | |
Microgale is a genus of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. There are 22 living species on the island of Madagascar and one extinct species known from a fossil. Some species have been discovered in the last twenty years.
It contains the following extant species:
- Short-tailed shrew tenrec (Microgale brevicaudata) – G. Grandidier, 1899
- Cowan's shrew tenrec (Microgale cowani) – Thomas, 1882
- Dobson's shrew tenrec (Microgale dobsoni) – Thomas, 1884
- Drouhard's shrew tenrec (Microgale drouhardi) – Grandidier, 1934
- Dryad shrew tenrec (Microgale dryas) - Jenkins, 1992
- Pale shrew tenrec (Microgale fotsifotsy) – Jenkins, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1997
- Gracile shrew tenrec (Microgale gracilis) – (Major, 1896)
- Microgale grandidieri - Olson et al., 2009
- Naked-nosed shrew tenrec (Microgale gymnorhyncha) - Jenkins et al., 1996
- Jenkins' shrew tenrec (Microgale jenkinsae) - Goodman & Soarimalala, 2004
- Northern shrew tenrec (Microgale jobihely) - Goodman, Raxworthy, Maminirina & Olson, 2006
- Lesser long-tailed shrew tenrec (Microgale longicaudata) - Thomas, 1882
- Major's long-tailed tenrec (Microgale majori) - Thomas, 1918
- Montane shrew tenrec (Microgale monticola) - Goodman & Jenkins, 1998
- Nasolo's shrew tenrec (Microgale nasoloi) - Jenkins & Goodman, 1999
- Pygmy shrew tenrec (Microgale parvula) - G. Grandidier, 1934
- Greater long-tailed shrew tenrec (Microgale principula) - Thomas, 1926
- Least shrew tenrec (Microgale pusilla) - Major, 1896
- Shrew-toothed shrew tenrec (Microgale soricoides) - Jenkins, 1993
- Taiva shrew tenrec (Microgale taiva) - Major, 1896
- Talazac's shrew tenrec (Microgale talazaci) - Major, 1896
- Thomas's shrew tenrec (Microgale thomasi) - Major, 1896
Extinct species
- Microgale macpheei - subfossil from Madagascar.
References
- ↑ Bronner, G.N.; Jenkins, P.D. (2005). "Order Afrosoricida". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 72–75. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Olson, L.E.; Rakotomalal, Z.; Hildebrandt, K.B.P.; Lanier, H.C.; Raxworthy, C.J. & Goodman, S.M. 2009. Phylogeography of Microgale brevicaudata (Tenrecidae) and description of a new species from western Madagascar. Journal of Mammalogy 90 (5): 1095–1110.
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