Short-tailed Shrew Tenrec

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Short-tailed Shrew Tenrec[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Afrosoricida
Family: Tenrecidae
Genus: Microgale
Species: M. brevicaudata
Binomial name
Microgale brevicaudata
G. Grandidier, 1899

The Short-tailed Shrew Tenrec (Microgale brevicaudata) is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bronner, Gary N.; Jenkins, Paulina D. (November 16, 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 72-73. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b Afrotheria Specialist Group (Tenrec Section), Vololomboahangy, R. & Raherisehena, M. (2006). Microgale brevicaudata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
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