Microgale mergulus

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 mergulus

Name

Microgale mergulus (Forsyth Major, 1896)

• Holotype: BMNH 1897.9.1.113, ♀, skin and skull, collected on 18 March 1896.
• Type locality: “Imasindrary, N.E. Betsileo”.

Combinations

• Limnogale mergulus Forsyth Major, 1896: 319 [original combination]
• Microgale mergulus: Everson, Soarimalala, Goodman & Olson, 2016: 903 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Forsyth Major, C.I. 1896. Diagnoses of new mammals from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 6 18(106): 318–325. BHL Reference page. 
• Everson, K.M., Soarimalala, V., Goodman, S.M. & Olson, L.E. 2016. Multiple Loci and Complete Taxonomic Sampling Resolve the Phylogeny and Biogeographic History of Tenrecs (Mammalia: Tenrecidae) and Reveal Higher Speciation Rates in Madagascar's Humid Forests. Systematic Biology 65(5): 890–909. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syw034 Reference page. 

Links

• Stephenson, P.J., Soarimalala, V. & Goodman, S. 2016. IUCN: Microgale mergulus  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T11979A97189690. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T11979A97189690.en. Accessed on 04 June 2024.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Wassertenrek
Ελληνικά: Υδατομυγαλή
English: Web-footed Tenrec
polski: Tenrek wodny