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Microgale cowani Thomas 1882
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Microgale cowani Thomas 1882
Microgale cowani Thomas 1882, J. Linn. Soc., Zool., 16: 320.
Type Locality: Ankáfana forest, E Betsileo [Ankafina, Fianarantsoa, Fianarantsoa Province, 21°12’S 47°12’E (Carleton and Schmidt, 1990; MacPhee, 1987)].
Vernacular Names: Cowan's Shrew Tenrec.
Synonyms: Microgale crassipes Milne-Edwards 1893; Microgale longirostris Major 1896; Microgale nigrescens Elliot 1905.
Distribution: Eastern humid forest and central highlands of N, E and SE Madagascar.
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Notes
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Afrosoricida, pp. 71-81 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 73, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/ECD0AAEF9D4B901FFFAEF2116D11AC61 (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/355171CC2FA145D328317EF70EC8BA73 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231548815 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Thomas
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Afrosoricida
- Family
- Tenrecidae
- Genus
- Microgale
- Species
- cowani
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Microgale cowani Thomas, 1882 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Thomas, O. 1882. On African mongooses. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1882: 59 - 93.
- Carleton, M. D., and D. F. Schmidt. 1990. Systematic studies of Madagascar's endemic rodents (Muroidea: Nesomyinae): An annotated gazetteer of collecting localities of known forms. American Museum Novitates, 2987: 1 - 36.
- Major, C. I. F. 1896. Diagnoses of new mammals from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 6, 18: 319 - 325.
- Elliot, D. G. 1905. A checklist of mammals of the North American continent, the West Indies and the neighboring seas. Field Columbian Museum, Publication 105, Zoological Series, 6: 1 - 761.