Microgale Thomas, 1882 . J. Linn. Soc., Zool., 16:319.

TYPE SPECIES: Microgale longicaudata Thomas, 1882 .

SYNONYMS: Leptogale, Nesogale; Oryzorictes Major, 1896 (not Grandidier, 1870), Paramicrogale .

COMMENTS: See MacPhee (1987«:4), who revised the entire genus and whose conclusions are followed here.