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Microgale grandidieri

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Family
  
Tenrecidae

Scientific name
  
Microgale grandidieri

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Afrosoricida

Genus
  
Microgale

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Nasolo's shrew tenrec, Least shrew tenrec, Short‑tailed shrew tenrec, Taiva shrew tenrec, Dryad shrew tenrec

Microgale grandidieri, also known as Grandidier's shrew tenrec, is a species of shrew tenrec occurring in the dry forests of western and southwestern Madagascar. Populations of this species were formerly included in Microgale brevicaudata; M. grandidieri was described as a separate species in 2009 based on differences in morphology and DNA sequences.

Literature cited

  • Olson, L.E., Rakotomalala, Z., Hildebrandt, K.B.P., Lanier, H.C., Raxworthy, C.J., and 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.

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    Microgale grandidieri Wikipedia
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