Microgale macpheei
An extinct shrew tenrec from southeastern Madagascar / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Microgale macpheei is an extinct shrew tenrec from southeastern Madagascar. It is known only from two partial skulls found in Andrahomana cave, which radiocarbon dating of associated rodent remains suggests are about 3000 years old. It is the only known recently extinct tenrec. First described in 2007, it is most similar to the smaller Microgale brevicaudata of northern and western Madagascar. M. macpheei has a broad rostrum (front part of the skull) and, like M. brevicaudata, lacks a diastema (gap) between the premolars. A number of details of tooth morphology are characteristic of M. macpheei.
Quick Facts Microgale macpheei Temporal range: Holocene, Conservation status ...
Microgale macpheei Temporal range: Holocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Afrosoricida |
Suborder: | Tenrecomorpha |
Family: | Tenrecidae |
Genus: | Microgale |
Species: | †M. macpheei |
Binomial name | |
†Microgale macpheei Goodman, Vasey, and Burney, 2007 | |
Location of Andrahomana Cave, the only place where Microgale macpheei has been found |
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