HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER AFROSORICIDA
--> SUBORDER TENRECOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Tenrecidae
--> SUBFAMILY Oryzorictinae
--> GENUS Microgale
SPECIES Microgale gracilis
Author: | Major, 1896. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 18: 321. | Common Name: | Gracile Shrew Tenrec | Type Locality: | Ambohimitombo forest, 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: | Eastern humid forest and central highlands of N, E and SE Madagascar. | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | Comments: | Formerly included in Oryzorictes (see Major, 1896) and Leptogale (see Thomas, 1918a). |
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