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 Tenrecidae family. There are 22 living species and one known 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 (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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