Microgale gymnorhyncha

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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Afroinsectiphilia Cladus: Afroinsectivora Ordo: Afrosoricida Subordo: Tenrecomorpha

Familia: Tenrecidae
Subfamilia: Oryzorictinae
Genus: Microgale
Species: Microgale gymnorhyncha

Name

Microgale gymnorhyncha Jenkins, Goodman & Raxworthy, 1996: 211

• Holotype: FMNH 151807, adult ♀, body in alcohol and skull, collected by Steven M. Goodman and Christopher J. Raxworthy on 13 December 1993.
• Type locality: “38 km S Ambalavao, RNI d'Andringitra, on ridge E of Volotsangana River, Fianarantsoa Province, 22°11'39"S 46°58'16"E, altitude 1625 m”.

References

Primary references

• Jenkins, P.D., Goodman, S.M. & Raxworthy, C.J. 1996. The shrew tenrecs (Microgale) (Insectivora: Tenrecidae) of the Réserve naturelle intégrale d'Andringitra, Madagascar. Fieldiana Zoology 85: 191–217. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Microgale gymnorhyncha  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

Ελληνικά: Γυμνόρυγχη Μικρομυγαλή
English: Naked-nosed Shrew Tenrec