Naked-nosed shrew tenrec

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Naked-nosed shrew tenrec [1]
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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
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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 and tropical moist lowland and montane forests. [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. 1 2 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.