Large-eared tenrec

      Large-eared tenrec[1]
      Conservation status
      Scientific classification
      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
      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]

      References

      1. ^ 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. 71. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. 
      2. ^ a b Afrotheria Specialist Group (Tenrec Section), Olson, L. & Goodman, S. (2008). Geogale aurita. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
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