Pale shrew tenrec

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Pale shrew tenrec[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Afrosoricida
Suborder: Tenrecomorpha
Family: Tenrecidae
Genus: Microgale
Species:
M. fotsifotsy
Binomial name
Microgale fotsifotsy
Jenkins, Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1997
Microgale fotsifotsy range map.svg
Pale shrew tenrec range

The pale shrew tenrec (Microgale fotsifotsy), also known as the pale-footed shrew tenrec is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

References

  1. ^ 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. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Stephenson, P.J.; Soarimalala, V.; Goodman, S. (2016). "Microgale fotsifotsy". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T62013A97191387. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T62013A97191387.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

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