Dryad shrew tenrec

Dryad shrew tenrec[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Afrosoricida
Family: Tenrecidae
Genus: Microgale
Species: M. dryas
Binomial name
Microgale dryas
Jenkins,[3] 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 family Tenrecidae. 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, G.N.; Jenkins, P.D. (2005). "Order Afrosoricida". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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 Afrotheria Specialist Group (Tenrec Section), Jenkins, P. & Andrianjakavelo, V. (2008). "Microgale dryas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
  3. ↑ Paulina D. Jenkins & al. Microgale, shrew tenrecs in Life Sciences 2003


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