Microgale grandidieri

Microgale grandidieri — distribution map

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 grandidieri

Name

Microgale grandidieri Olson, Rakotomalala, Hildebrandt, Lanier, Raxworthy & Goodman, 2009: 1090

• Holotype: FMNH 173231, adult ♀, body in alcohol and skull, collected by Frontier Madagascar on 28 February 2002.
• Type locality: “Madagascar: Province de Toliara, Sept Lacs, 23°31'29.2"S, 44°09'33.2"E, 140 m”.

References

Primary references

• Olson, L.E., Rakotomalala, Z., Hildebrandt, K.B.P., Lanier, H.C., Raxworthy, C.J. & Goodman, S.M. 2009. Phylogeography of Microgale brevicaudata (Tenrecidae) and Description of a New Species from Western Madagascar. Journal of Mammalogy 90(5): 1095–1110. DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-305.1 Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Microgale grandidieri  (Least Concern)