Naked-nosed shrew tenrec

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Naked-nosed shrew tenrec[1]

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Afrosoricida
Suborder: Tenrecomorpha
Family: Tenrecidae
Genus: Microgale
Species:
M. gymnorhyncha
Binomial name
Microgale gymnorhyncha
Jenkins et al., 1996
Microgale gymnorhyncha range map.svg
Naked-nosed shrew tenrec range

The naked-nosed shrew tenrec (Microgale gymnorhyncha) is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. 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 (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Stephenson, P.J.; Soarimalala, V.; Goodman, S. (2016). "Microgale gymnorhyncha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T62014A97191808. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T62014A97191808.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.


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