Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Magnordo: Epitheria
Superordo: Afrotheria
Cladus: Afroinsectiphilia
Cladus: Afroinsectivora
Ordo: Afrosoricida
Subordo: Tenrecomorpha
Familia: Tenrecidae
Subfamilia: Oryzorictinae
Genus: Microgale
Species (23 + †1): M. brevicaudata – M. cowani – M. dobsoni – M. drouhardi – M. dryas – M. fotsifotsy – M. gracilis – M. grandidieri – M. gymnorhyncha – M. jenkinsae – M. jobihely – M. longicaudata – †M. macpheei – M. majori – M. mergulus – M. monticola – M. nasoloi – M. parvula – M. principula – M. pusilla – M. soricoides – M. taiva – M. talazaci – M. thomasi
Name
Microgale Thomas, 1882: 319
Type species: Microgale longicaudata Thomas, 1882, by original designation.
Synonyms
Nesogale Thomas, 1918: 303
Type species: Microgale dobsoni Thomas, 1884, by original designation.
Leptogale Thomas, 1918: 306
Type species: Oryzoryctes gracilis Major, 1896, by original designation.
Paramicrogale G. Grandidier & Petit, 1931
Type species: Paramicrogale occidentalis G. Grandidier & Petit, 1931, by monotypy.
References
Primary references
Thomas, O. 1882. Description of a new genus and two new species of Insectivora from Madagascar. Journal of the Linnean Society of London 16(92): 319–322, 1 fig. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1882.tb02284a.x BHL Reference page.
Thomas, O. 1918. On the arrangement of the small Tenrecidae hitherto referred to as Oryzorictes and Microgale. Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 9, 1: 302–307. BHL
Grandidier, G. & Petit, G. 1931. Un type nouveaux de centetide malgache, Paramicrogale occidentalis. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 56: 126–139.
Additional references
MacPhee, R.D.E. 1987. The Shrew Tenrecs of Madagascar: Systematic Revision and Holocene Distribution of Microgale (Tenrecidae, Insectivora). American Museum Novitates 2889: 1–45. Full article Reference page.
Olson, L.E., Goodman, S.M. & Yoder, A.D. 2004. Illumination of cryptic species boundaries in long-tailed shrew tenrecs (Mammalia: Tenrecidae: Microgale), with new insights into geographic variation and distributional constraints. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 83(1): 1–22. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00366.x Paywall Reference page.
Goodman, S.M., Vasey, N. & Burney, D.A. 2007. Description of a new species of subfossil shrew tenrec (Afrosoricida: Tenrecidae: Microgale) from cave deposits in southeastern Madagascar. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 120: 367–376. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2007)120[367:DOANSO]2.0.CO;2
Links
Microgale in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Microgale[1] is a genus of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. There are 21 living species on the island of Madagascar and one extinct species known from a fossil. Some species have been discovered in the last twenty years.
On the basis of molecular data indicating that Talazac's shrew tenrec and Dobson's shrew tenrec form a sister group to the rest of Microgale, these two species were transferred from Microgale to Nesogale in 2016.[2] Nesogale and Microgale are estimated to have diverged about 19 million years ago, during the Early Miocene.[2] The web-footed tenrec, M. mergulus, the only semiaquatic member of the genus, was formerly placed in the monotypic genus Limnogale, but was moved in 2016 on the basis of sequence data showing it to be deeply nested within Microgale.[2]
Microgale contains the following extant species:
Short-tailed shrew tenrec (M. brevicaudata) G. Grandidier, 1899
Cowan's shrew tenrec (M. cowani) Thomas, 1882
Drouhard's shrew tenrec (M. drouhardi) G. Grandidier, 1934
Dryad shrew tenrec (M. dryas) Jenkins, 1992
Pale shrew tenrec (M. fotsifotsy) Jenkins, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1997
Gracile shrew tenrec (M. gracilis) (Forsyth Major, 1896)
Grandidier's shrew tenrec (M. grandidieri) Olson et al., 2009
Naked-nosed shrew tenrec (M. gymnorhyncha) Jenkins et al., 1996
Jenkins's shrew tenrec (M. jenkinsae) Goodman & Soarimalala, 2004
Northern shrew tenrec (M. jobihely) Goodman, Raxworthy, Maminirina & Olson, 2006
Lesser long-tailed shrew tenrec (M. longicaudata) Thomas, 1882
Major's long-tailed tenrec (M. majori) Thomas, 1918
Web-footed tenrec (M. mergulus)[2] (Forsyth Major, 1896)
Montane shrew tenrec (M. monticola) Goodman & Jenkins, 1998
Nasolo's shrew tenrec (M. nasoloi) Jenkins & Goodman, 1999
Pygmy shrew tenrec (M. parvula) G. Grandidier, 1934
Greater long-tailed shrew tenrec (M. principula) Thomas, 1926
Least shrew tenrec (M. pusilla) Forsyth Major, 1896
Shrew-toothed shrew tenrec (M. soricoides) Jenkins, 1993
Taiva shrew tenrec (M. taiva) Forsyth Major, 1896
Thomas's shrew tenrec (M. thomasi) Forsyth Major, 1896
Shrew tenrecs converged on the shrew like body plan these animals also share the same diversity as shrews with web footed tenrecs closely resembling water shrews.
Extinct species
Microgale macpheei - subfossil from southeastern Madagascar[3]
References
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. pp. 72–75. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Everson, K. M.; Soarimalala, V.; Goodman, S. M.; Olson, L. E. (2016). "Multiple Loci and Complete Taxonomic Sampling Resolve the Phylogeny and Biogeographic History of Tenrecs (Mammalia: Tenrecidae) and Reveal Higher Speciation Rates in Madagascar's Humid Forests". Systematic Biology. 65 (5): 890–909. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syw034. PMID 27103169.
Goodman, S. M.; Vasey, N.; Burney, D. A. (2007). "Description of a new species of subfossil shrew tenrec (Afrosoricida: Tenrecidae: Microgale) from cave deposits in southeastern Madagascar". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 120 (4): 367–376. doi:10.2988/0006-324X(2007)120[367:DOANSO]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 55418982.
Olson, L. E.; Rakotomalala, Z.; Hildebrandt, K. B. P.; Lanier, H. C.; Raxworthy, C. J.; Goodman, S. M. (2009). "Phylogeography of Microgale brevicaudata (Tenrecidae) and Description of a New Species from Western Madagascar". Journal of Mammalogy. 90 (5): 1095–1110. doi:10.1644/08-MAMM-A-305.1.
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