Least Shrew Tenrec

Least Shrew Tenrec[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Afrosoricida
Family: Tenrecidae
Genus: Microgale
Species: M. pusilla
Binomial name
Microgale pusilla
Major, 1896
Least Shrew Tenrec range
Synonyms

Microgale majori Thomas, 1918

The Least Shrew Tenrec (Microgale pusilla) is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, swamps, pastureland, and irrigated land. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

References

  1. ^ Bronner, Gary N.; Jenkins, Paulina D. (16 November 2005). "Order Afrosoricida (pp. 71-81)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 74. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 
  2. ^ a b Afrotheria Specialist Group (Tenrec Section), Rakotondravony, D. & Goodman, S. (2008). Microgale pusilla. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 December 2008.