Biology:Dryad shrew tenrec

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Short description: Species of mammal

Dryad shrew tenrec[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Afrosoricida
Suborder: Tenrecomorpha
Family: Tenrecidae
Genus: Microgale
Species:
M. dryas
Binomial name
Microgale dryas
Jenkins,[3] 1992
Microgale dryas range map.svg
Dryad shrew tenrec range

The dryad shrew tenrec (Microgale dryas), also known as the tree shrew tenrec, is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is endemic to Madagascar . Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[2]

References

  1. Bronner, G.N.; Jenkins, P.D. (2005). "Order Afrosoricida". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 73. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=11100001. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Stephenson, P.J.; Soarimalala, V.; Goodman, S. (2016). "Microgale dryas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T13356A97191108. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T13356A97191108.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13356/97191108. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  3. Paulina D. Jenkins & al. Microgale, shrew tenrecs in Life Sciences 2003

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