Large-eared Tenrec
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| Large-eared Tenrec[1] | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Afrosoricida |
| Family: | Tenrecidae |
| Subfamily: | Geogalinae Trouessart, 1881 |
| Genus: | Geogale Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, 1872 |
| Species: | G. aurita |
| Binomial name | |
| Geogale aurita Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, 1872 |
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| Large-eared Tenrec range | |
The Large-eared Tenrec (Geogale aurita) is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is monotypical of its genus. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Bronner, Gary N.; Jenkins, Paulina D. (16 November 2005). "Order Afrosoricida (pp. 71-81)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 71. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=11100006.
- ^ a b Afrotheria Specialist Group (Tenrec Section), Olson, L. & Goodman, S. (2008). Geogale aurita. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 December 2008.
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