Microgale fotsifotsy

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 fotsifotsy

Name

Microgale fotsifotsy Jenkins, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1997: 2

• Holotype: UMMZ 168468, adult ♂, body in alcohol and skull, collected by Christopher J. Raxworthy on 13 January 1992.
• Type locality: “Camp 2, Antomboka River Fitsahana, Parc National de la Montagne d'Ambre, Antsiranana Fivondronana, Antsiranana Province 12°29'S 49°10'E, altitude 650m, rain forest”.

References

Primary references

• Jenkins, P.D., Raxworthy, C.J. & Nussbaum, R.A. 1997. A new species of Microgale (Insectivora, Tenrecidae), with comments on the status of four other taxa of shrew tenrecs. Bulletin of The Natural History Museum Zoology Series 63(1): 1–12. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Microgale fotsifotsy  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

Ελληνικά: Ανοιχτόχρωμη Μυγαλή
English: Pale Shrew Tenrec