Biology:Short-tailed shrew tenrec

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Short description: Species of mammal

Short-tailed Shrew Tenrec[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Afrosoricida
Suborder: Tenrecomorpha
Family: Tenrecidae
Genus: Microgale
Species:
M. brevicaudata
Binomial name
Microgale brevicaudata
G. Grandidier, 1899
Microgale brevicaudata range map.svg
Short-tailed Shrew Tenrec range

The short-tailed shrew tenrec (Microgale brevicaudata) is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is endemic to Madagascar . Its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical dry and 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. 72–73. 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 brevicaudata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T54007828A97189964. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T54007828A97189964.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/54007828/97189964. Retrieved 14 November 2021. 

Wikidata ☰ Q783928 entry