Microgale grandidieri
Species of mammal
Microgale grandidieri | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Afrosoricida |
Suborder: | Tenrecomorpha |
Family: | Tenrecidae |
Genus: | Microgale |
Species: | M. grandidieri |
Binomial name | |
Microgale grandidieri Olson et al., 2009 | |
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Grandidier's shrew tenrec range |
Microgale grandidieri, also known as Grandidier's shrew tenrec, 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.[2]
References
- ^ Stephenson, P.J.; Soarimalala, V.; Goodman, S. (2016). "Microgale grandidieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T54008309A97190215. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T54008309A97190215.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Olson, L. E.; Rakotomalala, 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. doi:10.1644/08-MAMM-A-305.1.
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Extant Afrosoricida species
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Chordata
- Class Mammalia
- Infraclass Eutheria
- Superorder Afrotheria
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