Microgale genus of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. There are 22 living species on the island of Madagascar and one extinct species known from a fossil. Some species have been discovered in the last twenty years.
It contains the following extant species:
Short-tailed shrew tenrec (Microgale brevicaudata ) – G. Grandidier, 1899Cowan's shrew tenrec (Microgale cowani ) – Thomas , 1882 Dobson's shrew tenrec (Microgale dobsoni ) – Thomas, 1884 Drouhard's shrew tenrec (Microgale drouhardi ) – Grandidier, 1934Dryad shrew tenrec (Microgale dryas ) - Jenkins, 1992Pale shrew tenrec (Microgale fotsifotsy ) – Jenkins, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1997Gracile shrew tenrec (Microgale gracilis ) – (Major, 1896)Microgale grandidieri - Olson et al., 2009Naked-nosed shrew tenrec (Microgale gymnorhyncha ) - Jenkins et al., 1996Jenkins' shrew tenrec (Microgale jenkinsae ) - Goodman & Soarimalala, 2004 Northern shrew tenrec (Microgale jobihely ) - Goodman, Raxworthy, Maminirina & Olson, 2006 Lesser long-tailed shrew tenrec (Microgale longicaudata ) - Thomas, 1882Major's long-tailed tenrec (Microgale majori ) - Thomas, 1918Montane shrew tenrec (Microgale monticola ) - Goodman & Jenkins, 1998 Nasolo's shrew tenrec (Microgale nasoloi ) - Jenkins & Goodman, 1999Pygmy shrew tenrec (Microgale parvula ) - G. Grandidier, 1934Greater long-tailed shrew tenrec (Microgale principula ) - Thomas, 1926Least shrew tenrec (Microgale pusilla ) - Major, 1896Shrew-toothed shrew tenrec (Microgale soricoides ) - Jenkins, 1993Taiva shrew tenrec (Microgale taiva ) - Major, 1896Talazac's shrew tenrec (Microgale talazaci ) - Major, 1896Thomas's shrew tenrec (Microgale thomasi ) - Major, 1896
