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--> ORDER AFROSORICIDA
--> SUBORDER TENRECOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Tenrecidae
--> SUBFAMILY Oryzorictinae
--> GENUS Microgale
SPECIES Microgale talazaci
Author: | Major, 1896. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 18: 320. | Common Name: | Talazac's Shrew Tenrec | Type Locality: | "Forest of the Independent Tanala of Ikongo, in the neighbourhood of Vinanitelo, one day’s journey south of Fianarantsoa" [50 km SE of Fianarantsoa town and 10 km SSE of Vohitrafeno town, W margin of E forest, Fianarantsoa, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar, 21°45’S 47°17’E (MacPhee, 1987)]. | Distribution: | Northern highlands, eastern humid forest and central highlands of N, E and SE Madagascar. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Formerly included in Nesogale, see Thomas (1918), Genest and Petter (1975). |
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