Microgale parvula

Microgale parvula — distribution map

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tenrecomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Afroinsectiphilia Cladus: Afroinsectivora Ordo: Afrosoricida Subordo: Tenrecomorpha

Familia: Tenrecidae
Subfamilia: Oryzorictinae
Genus: Microgale
Species: Microgale parvula

Name

Microgale parvula G. Grandidier, 1934

Synonyms

• Microgale pulla Jenkins, 1988: 2
  • Holotype: BMNH 1987.132, adult ♀, body in alcohol and skull, collected by P.J. Stephenson in 1986.
  • Type locality: “from the Foret d'Andrivola, ca. 10 km southwest of Maintimbato Village, ca. 40 km southwest of Maroantsetra, northeast Madagascar, 15°46'S, 49°35'E, in lowland rain forest between 450 and 625 m elevation”.

References

Primary references

• Jenkins, P.D. 1988. A new species of Microgale (Insectivora, Tenrecidae) from northeastern Madagascar. American Museum Novitates 2910: 1–7. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Microgale parvula  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

Ελληνικά: Πυγμαία Μυγαλή
English: Pygmy Shrew Tenrec