Microgale
Encyclopedia
Microgale is a genus
of mammal
in the Tenrecidae
family. There are 22 living species and one known extinct species known from a fossil. Some species have been discovered in the last twenty years.
It contains the following extant species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of mammal
Mammal
Mammals are members of a class of air-breathing vertebrate animals characterised by the possession of endothermy, hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands functional in mothers with young...
in the Tenrecidae
Tenrecidae
Tenrecidae is a family of mammals found on Madagascar and parts of Africa. Tenrecs are widely diverse, resembling hedgehogs, shrews, opossums, mice and even otters, as a result of convergent evolution. They occupy aquatic, arboreal, terrestrial and fossorial environments...
family. There are 22 living species and one known extinct species known from a fossil. Some species have been discovered in the last twenty years.
It contains the following extant species:
- Short-tailed Shrew TenrecShort-tailed Shrew TenrecThe Short-tailed Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Microgale brevicaudata) – G. Grandidier, 1899 - Cowan's Shrew TenrecCowan's Shrew TenrecCowan's Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, plantations, and heavily degraded former forest....
(Microgale cowani) – Thomas, 1882 - Dobson's Shrew TenrecDobson's Shrew TenrecDobson's Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, plantations, and heavily degraded former forest....
(Microgale dobsoni) – Thomas, 1884 - Drouhard's Shrew TenrecDrouhard's Shrew TenrecDrouhard's Shrew Tenrec , also known as the Striped Shrew Tenrec, is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Microgale drouhardi) – Grandidier, 1934 - Dryad Shrew TenrecDryad Shrew TenrecThe Dryad Shrew Tenrec , also known as the Tree Shrew Tenrec, is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is vulnerable to extinction by habitat loss....
(Microgale dryas) - Jenkins, 1992 - Pale Shrew TenrecPale Shrew TenrecThe Pale Shrew Tenrec , also known as the Pale-footed Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Microgale fotsifotsy) – Jenkins, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1997 - Gracile Shrew TenrecGracile Shrew TenrecThe Gracile Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
(Microgale gracilis) – (Major, 1896) - Microgale grandidieriMicrogale grandidieriMicrogale grandidieri is a species of shrew tenrec occurring in the dry forests of western and southwestern Madagascar. Populations of this species were formerly included in Microgale brevicaudata; M...
- Naked-nosed Shrew TenrecNaked-nosed Shrew TenrecThe Naked-nosed Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Microgale gymnorhyncha) - Jenkins' Shrew Tenrec Microgale jenkinsae
- Northern Shrew TenrecNorthern shrew tenrecThe northern shrew tenrec is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is endemic to Madagascar, where it has a very restricted range on the southwestern slopes of the Tsaratanana Massif; it has been found at elevations from 1420 to 1680 m. Its natural habitat is montane forest. The species...
(Microgale jobihely) - Lesser Long-tailed Shrew TenrecLesser Long-tailed Shrew TenrecThe Lesser Long-tailed Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is active at all hours of the day and night, but each individual maintains its own pattern of rest and activity.-Range and Habitat:...
(Microgale longicaudata) - Major's Long-tailed TenrecMajor's long-tailed tenrecMajor's long-tailed tenrec is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is the eastern humid forest of the island, as well as some western forests, where it has been seen at elevations from 785 to 2000 m. Its habits are not well known, but it is...
(Microgale majori) - Montane Shrew TenrecMontane Shrew TenrecThe Montane Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
(Microgale monticola) - Nasolo's Shrew TenrecNasolo's Shrew TenrecNasolo's Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Microgale nasoloi) - Pygmy Shrew TenrecPygmy Shrew TenrecThe Pygmy Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Microgale parvula) - Greater Long-tailed Shrew TenrecGreater Long-tailed Shrew TenrecThe Greater Long-tailed Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Microgale principula) - Least Shrew TenrecLeast Shrew TenrecThe Least Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family.It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, swamps, pastureland, and irrigated land. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Microgale pusilla) - Shrew-toothed Shrew TenrecShrew-toothed Shrew TenrecThe Shrew-toothed Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Microgale soricoides) - Taiva Shrew TenrecTaiva Shrew TenrecThe Taiva Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family.It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Microgale taiva) - Talazac's Shrew TenrecTalazac's Shrew TenrecTalazac's Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Microgale talazaci) - Thomas's Shrew TenrecThomas's Shrew TenrecThomas's Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Microgale thomasi)
Extinct species
- Microgale macpheeiMicrogale macpheeiMicrogale macpheei is an extinct shrew tenrec from southeastern Madagascar. It is known only from two partial skulls found in Andrahomana cave, which radiocarbon dating of associated rodent remains suggests are about 2000 years old. It is the only known recently extinct tenrec...
- subfossilSubfossilSubfossil refers to remains whose fossilization process is not complete, either for lack of time or because the conditions in which they were buried were not optimal for fossilization....
from MadagascarMadagascarThe Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
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