Microgale dryas

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: Oryzorictinae
Genus: Microgale
Species:Microgale dryas

Name

Microgale dryas Jenkins, 1992: 53

• Holotype: BMNH 1991.230, adult ♀, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by Tanya Barden and Christopher J. Raxworthy.
• Type locality: “Site 1, Ambatovaky Special Reserve [northeast] Madagascar, 16°51'S, 49°08'E, in primary rainforest, between 600-750 metres altitude”.

References

Primary references

• Jenkins, P.D. 1992. Description of a new species of Microgale (Insectivora: Tenrecidae) from eastern Madagascar. Bulletin of The Natural History Museum Zoology Series 58(1): 53–59. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Microgale dryas  (Vulnerable)

Vernacular names

Ελληνικά: Μυγαλή Δρυάς
English: Dryad Shrew Tenrec