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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