Geogale aurita

A. Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, 1872

Large-eared Tenrec

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Location:Madagascar, Menabe region (formerly part of Toliara province), near MorondavaDate taken:1 January 1963

Distribution :

Western deciduous forest and spiny bush of S and W Madagascar and Fénérive, NE Madagascar.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7455

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Atlantogenata
Superorder: Afrotheria
Order: Afrosoricida
Suborder: Tenrecomorpha
Family: Tenrecidae
Subfamily: Geogalinae
Genus: Geogale

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Milne-Edwards, A. and Grandidier, A. 1872. Description d'un nouveau mammifère insectivore de Madagascar (Geogale aurita). Annales des sciences naturelles (5)15(19):1-5.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33053277

Original name as described

Geogale aurita

Type material

MNHN:type:267a, MNHN-ZM-MO-1887-875 (= MNHN:type:267b), MNHN-ZM-MO-1995-3252 (= MNHN:type:267)

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1995-3252

Type locality

"Mouroundava [= Morondava], " Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000489

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 4 names and synonyms.

Geogale aurita

A. Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, 1872

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

aurita

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN:type:267a, MNHN-ZM-MO-1887-875 (= MNHN:type:267b), MNHN-ZM-MO-1995-3252 (= MNHN:type:267)

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

paraît habiter les plaines de toute la côte ouest ... trois ont été pris à Mouroundava ... le quatrième a été trouvé ... à Tullear

Type locality

Madagascar.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1995-3252

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33053277

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

Name usages

Trouessart (1880:275, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150472) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58782)
Trouessart (1904:153, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Allen (1939:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782047) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Corbet & Hill (1980:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hutterer (1993:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
Bronner & Jenkins (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9688)
Everson, Soarimalala, Goodman & Olson (2016:903) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35685)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9048) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9048) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000489) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9048/97188944) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cryptogale australis

G. Grandidier, 1928

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:45057

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Madagascar.

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:45057

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52050325

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Allen (1939:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782041) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Bronner & Jenkins (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9688)

Geogale aurita orientalis

G. Grandidier & Petit, 1930

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

orientalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:45660

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Madagascar.

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:45660

Authority page

446

Authority publication

Faune des Colonies Françaises

Name usages

Allen (1939:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782047) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Bronner & Jenkins (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9688)

Geogale aurita aurita:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

aurita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

29

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782047

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782047) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Bronner & Jenkins (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9688)

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