Least Shrew Tenrec
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| Least Shrew Tenrec[1] | |
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| Conservation status | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Afrosoricida |
| Family: | Tenrecidae |
| Genus: | Microgale |
| Species: | M. pusilla |
| Binomial name | |
| Microgale pusilla Major, 1896 |
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| Least Shrew Tenrec range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Microgale majori Thomas, 1918 |
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The Least Shrew Tenrec (Microgale pusilla) is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, swamps, pastureland, and irrigated land. 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.). pp. 74. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
- ^ a b Afrotheria Specialist Group (Tenrec Section), Rakotondravony, D. & Goodman, S. (2008). Microgale pusilla. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 December 2008.
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