Short-tailed shrew tenrec
| Short-tailed Shrew Tenrec[1] | |
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Mammalia | 
| Order: | Afrosoricida | 
| Suborder: | Tenrecomorpha | 
| Family: | Tenrecidae | 
| Genus: | Microgale | 
| Species: | M. brevicaudata 
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| Binomial name | |
| Microgale brevicaudata G. Grandidier, 1899 
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| Short-tailed Shrew Tenrec range | |
The short-tailed shrew tenrec (Microgale brevicaudata) is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical dry and moist lowland forests.[2]
References
- ^ 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. pp. 72–73. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
 - ^ a b Stephenson, P.J.; Soarimalala, V.; Goodman, S. (2016). "Microgale brevicaudata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T54007828A97189964. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T54007828A97189964.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
 

