Greater long-tailed shrew tenrec
| Greater long-tailed shrew tenrec[1] | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Afrosoricida |
| Family: | Tenrecidae |
| Genus: | Microgale |
| Species: | M. principula |
| Binomial name | |
| Microgale principula Thomas, 1926 |
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| Greater long-tailed shrew tenrec range | |
The Greater long-tailed shrew tenrec (Microgale principula) is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]
References
- ^ Bronner, G. N.; Jenkins, P. D. (2005). "Order Afrosoricida". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Afrotheria Specialist Group (Tenrec Section), Olson, L. & Goodman, S. (2008). Microgale principula. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
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