Microgale grandidieri

Microgale grandidieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Afrosoricida
Family:	Tenrecidae
Genus:	Microgale
Species:	M. grandidieri
Binomial name
*Microgale grandidieri* Olson et al., 2009

Microgale grandidieri is a species of shrew tenrec occurring in the dry forests of western and southwestern Madagascar. Populations of this species were formerly included in Microgale brevicaudata; M. grandidieri was described as a separate species in 2009 based on differences in morphology and DNA sequences.^[1]

References

↑ Olson et al., 2009

Literature cited

Olson, L.E., Rakotomalala, Z., Hildebrandt, K.B.P., Lanier, H.C., Raxworthy, C.J., and 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.

Extant Afrosoricida species

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Infraclass Eutheria
Superorder Afrotheria

Suborder Tenrecomorpha (Tenrecs)

Geogalinae

Geogale	Large-eared Tenrec (G. aurita)

Oryzorictinae

Limnogale	Web-footed Tenrec (L. mergulus)

Microgale	Short-tailed Shrew Tenrec (M. brevicaudata) Cowan's Shrew Tenrec (M. cowani) Dobson's Shrew Tenrec (M. dobsoni) Drouhard's Shrew Tenrec (M. drouhardi) Dryad Shrew Tenrec (M. dryas) Pale Shrew Tenrec (M. fotsifotsy) Gracile Shrew Tenrec (M. gracilis) Naked-nosed Shrew Tenrec (M. gymnorhyncha) Jenkins' Shrew Tenrec (M. jenkinsae) Northern Shrew Tenrec (M. jobihely) Lesser Long-tailed Shrew Tenrec (M. longicaudata) Major's Long-tailed Tenrec (M. majori) Montane Shrew Tenrec (M. monticola) Nasolo's shrew tenrec (M. nasoloi) Pygmy Shrew Tenrec (M. parvula) Greater long-tailed shrew tenrec (M. principula) Least shrew tenrec (M. pusilla) Shrew-toothed Shrew Tenrec (M. soricoides) Taiva shrew tenrec (M. taiva) Talazac's shrew tenrec (M. talazaci) Thomas's shrew tenrec (M. thomasi)

Oryzorictes (Rice tenrecs)	Mole-like rice tenrec (O. hova) Four-toed rice tenrec (O. tetradactylus)

Potamogalinae

Micropotamogale	Nimba Otter Shrew (M. lamottei) Ruwenzori Otter Shrew (M. ruwenzorii)

Potamogale	Giant Otter Shrew (P. velox)

Tenrecinae

Echinops	Lesser hedgehog tenrec (E. telfairi)

Hemicentetes	Highland Streaked Tenrec (H. nigriceps) Lowland Streaked Tenrec (H. semispinosus)

Setifer	Greater hedgehog tenrec (S. setosus)

Tenrec	Tailless Tenrec (T. ecaudatus)

Suborder Chrysochloridea (Golden moles)

Chrysochlorinae

Carpitalpa

Arends' Golden Mole (C. arendsi)

Chlorotalpa

Duthie's Golden Mole (C. duthieae)
Sclater's Golden Mole (C. sclateri)

Chrysochloris

Subgenus Chrysochloris:	Cape Golden Mole (C. asiatica) Visagie's Golden Mole (C. visagiei)

Subgenus Kilimatalpa:	Stuhlmann's Golden Mole (C. stuhlmanni)

Chrysospalax

Giant Golden Mole (C. trevelyani)
Rough-haired Golden Mole (C. villosus)

Cryptochloris

De Winton's Golden Mole (C. wintoni)
Van Zyl's Golden Mole (C. zyli)

Eremitalpa

Grant's Golden Mole (E. granti)

Amblysominae

Amblysomus

Fynbos Golden Mole (A. corriae)
Hottentot Golden Mole (A. hottentotus)
Marley's Golden Mole (A. marleyi)
Robust Golden Mole (A. robustus)
Highveld Golden Mole (A. septentrionalis)

Calcochloris

Subgenus Huetia:	Congo Golden Mole (C. leucorhinus)

Subgenus Calcochloris:	Yellow Golden Mole (C. obtusirostris)

Subgenus incertae sedis:	Somali Golden Mole (C. tytonis)

Neamblysomus

Gunning's Golden Mole (N. gunningi)
Juliana's Golden Mole (N. julianae)