| HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
 --> ORDER AFROSORICIDA
 --> SUBORDER TENRECOMORPHA
 --> FAMILY Tenrecidae
 --> SUBFAMILY Oryzorictinae
 --> GENUS Microgale
				
 SPECIES Microgale dobsoni
 
| Author: | Thomas, 1884. |  | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, 14: 337. |  | Common Name: | Dobson's Shrew Tenrec |  | Type Locality: | Nandésen forest, C Betsileo. [Nandihizana, c. 20 miles (30 km) SSW of Ambositra, see MacPhee, 1987; c. 20°50’S 47°10’E, see Jenkins et al., 1996.] |  | Distribution: | Eastern humid forest of N, E and SE, and central highlands, Madagascar. |  | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). |  | Comments: | Formerly included in Nesogale, see Thomas (1918), Genest and Petter (1975). |  |  |  | 
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