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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER AFROSORICIDA
--> SUBORDER TENRECOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Tenrecidae
--> SUBFAMILY Oryzorictinae
--> GENUS Microgale
SPECIES Microgale taiva
| Author: | Major, 1896. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 18: 461. | | Common Name: | Taiva Shrew Tenrec | | Type Locality: | Ambohimitombo forest, Tanala Country, Madagascar [Ambohimitombo town, 43 km by road SE of Ambositra, 10 km into eastern forest, Fianarantsoa, 20°43’S 47°26’E (MacPhee, 1987)]. | | Distribution: | Southern regions of eastern humid forest of Madagascar. | | Comments: | Synonymised with M. cowani by MacPhee (1987), specific status recognised by Jenkins et al. (1996). |
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