Microgale brevicaudata G. Grandidier 1899

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Afrosoricida, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 71-81 : 72

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Microgale brevicaudata G. Grandidier 1899
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Microgale brevicaudata G. Grandidier 1899 View in CoL

Microgale brevicaudata G. Grandidier 1899 View in CoL , Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 5: 349.

Type Locality: "Environs de Mahanara, à 75 km environ au sud de Vohémar, sur la côte nord-est de Madagascar " [Maharana River, 78 km S of Iharana [Vohimarina], Antsiranana, Antalaha, Madagascar (MacPhee, 1987)].

Vernacular Names: Short-tailed Shrew Tenrec.

Synonyms: Microgale breviceps Kaudern 1918 ; Microgale occidentalis (G. Grandidier and Petit 1931) .

Distribution: Northern highlands, sambirano, western deciduous forest and eastern humid forest of N and NW Madagascar.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: There are only two records from the eastern humid forest, the type locality and Parc National de Marojejy ( Goodman and Jenkins, 2000); similarly there is a single report of this species from the sambirano of Réserve Speciale de Manongarivo ( Raxworthy and Rakotondraparany, 1988).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Afrosoricida

Family

Tenrecidae

Genus

Microgale

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Microgale brevicaudata G. Grandidier 1899

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Microgale brevicaudata

G. Grandidier 1899: 349
1899
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