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Pale Shrew Tenrec[1] Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Afrosoricida Family: Tenrecidae Genus: Microgale Species: M. fotsifotsy Binomial name Microgale fotsifotsy
Jenkins, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1997Pale Shrew Tenrec range The Pale Shrew Tenrec (Microgale fotsifotsy), also known as the Pale-footed Shrew Tenrec is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Afrotheria Specialist Group (Tenrec Section), Raherisehena, M., Jenkins, P. & Rakotondravony, D. (2008). Microgale fotsifotsy. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 December 2008.
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