Microgale

Microgale
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Afrosoricida
Family:	Tenrecidae
Genus:	Microgale Thomas, 1882
Species
22 extant, 1 extinct see text

Microgale is a 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, 1899
• Cowan's Shrew Tenrec (Microgale cowani) – Thomas, 1882
• Dobson's Shrew Tenrec (Microgale dobsoni) – Thomas, 1884
• Drouhard's Shrew Tenrec (Microgale drouhardi) – Grandidier, 1934
• Dryad Shrew Tenrec (Microgale dryas) - Jenkins, 1992
• Pale Shrew Tenrec (Microgale fotsifotsy) – Jenkins, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1997
• Gracile Shrew Tenrec (Microgale gracilis) – (Major, 1896)
• Microgale grandidieri - Olson et al., 2009
• Naked-nosed Shrew Tenrec (Microgale gymnorhyncha) - Jenkins et al., 1996
• Jenkins' 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, 1882
• Major's Long-tailed Tenrec (Microgale majori) - Thomas, 1918
• Montane Shrew Tenrec (Microgale monticola) - Goodman & Jenkins, 1998
• Nasolo's Shrew Tenrec (Microgale nasoloi) - Jenkins & Goodman, 1999
• Pygmy Shrew Tenrec (Microgale parvula) - G. Grandidier, 1934
• Greater Long-tailed Shrew Tenrec (Microgale principula) - Thomas, 1926
• Least Shrew Tenrec (Microgale pusilla) - Major, 1896
• Shrew-toothed Shrew Tenrec (Microgale soricoides) - Jenkins, 1993
• Taiva Shrew Tenrec (Microgale taiva) - Major, 1896
• Talazac's Shrew Tenrec (Microgale talazaci) - Major, 1896
• Thomas's Shrew Tenrec (Microgale thomasi) - Major, 1896

Extinct species

• Microgale macpheei - subfossil from Madagascar. [1]

References

• Olson, L.E.; Rakotomalal, Z.; Hildebrandt, K.B.P.; Lanier, H.C.; Raxworthy, C.J. & 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.