Dryad Shrew Tenrec

Dryad Shrew Tenrec
Dryad Shrew Tenrec[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Afrosoricida
Family: Tenrecidae
Genus: Microgale
Species: M. dryas
Binomial name
Microgale dryas
Jenkins, 1992
Dryad Shrew Tenrec range

The Dryad Shrew Tenrec (Microgale dryas), also known as the Tree Shrew Tenrec, is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is vulnerable to extinction by habitat loss.[2]

References

  1. ^ Bronner, Gary N.; Jenkins, Paulina D. (16 November 2005). "Order Afrosoricida (pp. 71-81)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 73. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 
  2. ^ a b Afrotheria Specialist Group (Tenrec Section), Jenkins, P. & Andrianjakavelo, V. (2008). Microgale dryas. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 December 2008.
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