Microgale principula

O. Thomas, 1926

Greater Long-tailed Shrew Tenrec

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1926-02-01. On some small mammals from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)17(98):250-252.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932608633401

Original name as described

Microgale principula

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1925.8.3.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d21b937e-7a80-47a0-842d-5bdce2cf17e2

Type locality

"Midongy-du-Sud, South-east Madagascar." Restricted by R. D. E. MacPhee in 1987 to "Midongy Atsimo town (500 m) is located deep within eastern rain forest; Fianarantsoa, Farafangana [Madagascar]; 23°35'S, 47°01'E."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000506

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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.

Microgale principula

O. Thomas, 1926

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

principula

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.8.3.15

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

South-east Madagasear. Type from Midongy-du-Sud.

Type locality

Madagascar: 23°35′S, 47°1′E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d21b937e-7a80-47a0-842d-5bdce2cf17e2

Authority page

251

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1926:251) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19934)
Allen (1939:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Corbet & Hill (1980:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hutterer (1993:71) (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 #13350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13350/97201454) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Microgale sorella

O. Thomas, 1926

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

sorella

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.8.3.14

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Beforona Forest, inland of Andevorante, Eastern Madagascar.

Type locality

Madagascar: 18°58′S, 48°35′E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/eddf060c-1bcf-4335-aa87-1a0d43994dd6

Authority page

252

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1926:252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19934)
Allen (1939:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Corbet & Hill (1980:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:60, 61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Bronner & Jenkins (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9688)

Microgale Decaryi

G. Grandidier, 1928

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

decaryi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:45049

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Madagascar: 25°12′S, 46°38′E.

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:45049

Authority page

69

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52050330

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:59, 60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Bronner & Jenkins (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9688)

Paramicrogale Decaryi:

G. Grandidier & G. Petit, 1931

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

decaryi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

138

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France

Name usages

Grandidier & Petit (1931:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68311)
Allen (1939:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782045) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

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