Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Afrosoricida
Familia: Tenrecidae
Subfamilia: Oryzorictinae
Genus: Microgale
Species: M. brevicaudata - M. cowani - M. dobsoni - M. drouhardi - M. dryas - M. fotsifotsy - M. gracilis - M. jenkinsae - M. jobihely - M. gymnorhyncha - M. longicaudata - M. monticola - M. nasoloi - M. parvula - M. principula - M. pusilla - M. soricoides - M. taiva - M. talazaci - M. thomasi - †M. macpheei
Name
Microgale Thomas, 1882
Synonyms
* Leptogale Thomas, 1918
* Nesogale Thomas, 1918
Type species
* Leptogale Thomas: Oryzoryctes gracilis Major, 1896, by original designation
* Microgale Thomas: Microgale longicaudata Thomas, 1882, by original designation
* Nesogale Thomas: Microgale dobsoni Thomas, 1884, by original designation
References
cited sources
* Thomas, O. 1882: Description of a new genus and two new species of Insectivora from Madagascar. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, zoology, 16: 319-322. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1882.tb02284.x [mixed doi!]
* Thomas, O. 1884: Description of a new species of Microgale. Annals and magazine of natural history (5), 14: 337-338. Internet Archive BHL BioStor
* Thomas, O. 1918: On the arrangement of the small Tenrecidae hitherto referred to as Oryzorictes and Microgale. Annals and magazine of natural history (9), 1: 302-307. Internet Archive BHL BioStor
links
* Microgale on Mammal Species of the World.
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2 Volume Set edited by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder
