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Microgale

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Microgale is a genus of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. There are 21 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.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microgale, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2432118	https://www.gbif.org/species/2432118
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	158496	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=158496

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Afrosoricida : Tenrecidae : Microgale

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Tenrecidae : Microgale

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Afrotheria	Stanhope et al. 1998
-	Afroinsectivora	Waddell et al. 2001
superfamily	Tenrecoidea	McDowell 1958
family	Tenrecidae	Gray 1821
genus	Microgale	Thomas 1882

Common Name

shrew tenrec

Scientific Name

Microgale Thomas, 1882

Name Published In

J. Linn. Soc., Zool. vol.16 p.319

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Microgale	genus	belongs to Oryzorictinae	stated without evidence	Van Valen, 1967
Microgale	genus	belongs to Tenrecidae	stated without evidence	Burney et al., 2008

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

0.01 Ma
Pleistocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

insectivore, carnivore (based on Tenrecidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

D. A. Burney, N. Vasey, and L. R. Godfrey, Ramilisonina, W. L. Jungers, M. Ramarolahy, L. Raharivony. 2008. New findings at Andrahomana Cave, southeastern Madagascar. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 70(1):13-24

Common Name(s)

Shrew Tenrec, Shrew Tenrecs

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microgale

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Microgale brevicaudata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microgale cowani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microgale dobsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microgale drouhardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microgale dryas species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microgale fotsifotsy species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microgale gracilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microgale gymnorhyncha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microgale longicaudata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microgale longirostris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microgale macpheei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microgale majori species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microgale melanorrhachis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microgale monticola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microgale nasoloi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microgale parvula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microgale principula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microgale pusilla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microgale sorella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microgale soricoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microgale taiva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microgale talazaci species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microgale thomasi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Paramicrogale Grandidier & Petit, 1931	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Afrosoricida : Tenrecidae : *Paramicrogale*
Leptogale Thomas, 1918	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Afrosoricida : Tenrecidae : *Leptogale*
Nesogale Thomas, 1918	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Afrosoricida : Tenrecidae : *Nesogale*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1882	Microgale Thomas
1918	Leptogale Thomas
1918	Nesogale Thomas
1931	Paramicrogale Grandidier and Petit
1967	Microgale Van Valen
2008	Microgale Burney et al. p. 18

References

Burney D. A., Vasey N., et al (2008) New findings at Andrahomana Cave, southeastern Madagascar, Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 70 1, 13-24

Van Valen L. (1967) New Paleocene insectivores and insectivore classification, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135 5, 217-284

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

J. Linn. Soc. London, Zool., 16 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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