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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER AFROSORICIDA
--> SUBORDER TENRECOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Tenrecidae
--> SUBFAMILY Oryzorictinae
--> GENUS Microgale
SPECIES Microgale parvula
| Author: | G. Grandidier, 1934. | | Citation: | Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris, ser. 2, 6: 476. | | Common Name: | Pygmy Shrew Tenrec | | Type Locality: | "Environs de Diego Suarez, extrême-nord de Madagascar." [Antsiranana, c. 12°16’S 49°18’E (MacPhee, 1987)]. | | Distribution: | Eastern humid forest and central highlands of N, E and SE Madagascar. | | Status: | Revised by Jenkins et al. (1997). Although recorded as Endangered as M. parvula and Vulnerable as M. pulla in the IUCN Red List 2003, this species is currently common over a wide distributional range (Goodman and Jenkins, 1998, 2000; Goodman et al., 1999a; Jenkins et al., 1996, 1997). | |
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