Geogale

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tenrecomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Afroinsectiphilia Cladus: Afroinsectivora Ordo: Afrosoricida Subordo: Tenrecomorpha

Familia: Tenrecidae
Subfamilia: Geogalinae
Genus: Geogale
Species G. aurita

Name

• Geogale Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, 1872: 2
  • Gender: feminine.
    • Type species: Geogale aurita Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, 1872
    • Fixation: type by monotypy.
• Etymology: Greek γεω- geō- ‘ground-’, from γη gē ‘earth’; γαλεη galeē or γαλη galē ‘weasel’.

Synonyms

• Cryptogale G. Grandidier, 1928: 64
  • Gender: feminine
    • Type species: Cryptogale australis G. Grandidier, 1928 (= Geogale aurita Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, 1872)
    • Fixation: type by monotypy.
• Etymology: Greek κρυπτος kruptos ‘hidden, concealed’, from κρυπτω kruptō ‘to conceal’; γαλεη galeē or γαλη galē ‘weasel’.

References

Primary references

• Milne-Edwards, A. & Grandidier, A. 1872. Description d’un nouveau mammifère insectivore de Madagascar (Geogale aurita). Annales des sciences naturelles 15(19): 1–5. BHL
• Grandidier, G. 1928. Description de deux nouveaux mammifères insectivores de Madagascar. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 34: 63–70. BHL

Additional references

• Palmer, T.S. 1904. Index Generum Mammalium: a List of the Genera and Families of Mammals. North American Fauna 23: 1–984. BHL
• Jaeger, E.C. 1959. Source-book of biological names and terms. Charles C. Thomas: Springfield. Third edition (Revised second printing). Pp. 316. HathiTrust

Links

• Geogale in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Geogale Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, 1872 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Large-eared Tenrec
polski: uszorek