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The Madagascan pygmy shrew (Suncus madagascariensis) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. [2] It is the only known Malagasy shrew. [1] Taxonomy.
There is one species of shrew on Madagascar, which is often considered to be conspecific with the widely distributed Etruscan shrew, Suncus etruscus, and likely to have been introduced to Madagascar from South or Southeast Asia by humans. [28] Family: Soricidae (shrews) Subfamily: Crocidurinae. Genus: Suncus. Madagascan pygmy shrew, S ...
Tenrecs are believed to have evolved from a single species that colonized Madagascar between 42 and 25 million years ago. The question of how this family reached Madagascar is still unresolved, but the leading hypothesis suggests a small number of individuals may have found themselves on floating vegetation and crossed the Mozambique Channel, which separates Madagascar from southeastern Africa ...
Madagascan flying fox; Madagascan fruit bat; Madagascan pygmy shrew; Madagascan rousette; Madagascar free-tailed bat; Madagascar sheath-tailed bat; Madagascar sucker-footed bat; Madame Berthe's mouse lemur; Major's long-tailed tenrec; Major's tufted-tailed rat; Malagasy civet; Malagasy mountain mouse; Malagasy mouse-eared bat; Malagasy slit ...
Etruscan shrew, Suncus etruscus; Sri Lankan shrew, Suncus fellowesgordoni; Bornean pygmy shrew, Suncus hosei; Hutu-Tutsi dwarf shrew, Suncus hututsi; Least dwarf shrew, Suncus infinitesimus; Greater dwarf shrew, Suncus lixa; Madagascan pygmy shrew, Suncus madagascariensis; Malayan pygmy shrew, Suncus malayanus; Climbing shrew, Suncus megalurus
Bornean pygmy shrew, Suncus hosei; Hutu-Tutsi dwarf shrew, Suncus hututsi; Least dwarf shrew, Suncus infinitesimus; Greater dwarf shrew, Suncus lixa; Madagascan pygmy shrew, Suncus madagascariensis; Malayan pygmy shrew, Suncus malayanus; Climbing shrew, Suncus megalurus; Flores shrew, Suncus mertensi; Asian highland shrew, Suncus montanus
Genus Sorex [1] – most basal of the genera . Kashmir pygmy shrew (S. planiceps) – India and Pakistan; Tibetan shrew (S. thibetanus) – endemic to China; Subgenus Otisorex – mostly North American shrews with a few species found on the Kamchatka Peninsula and islands in the Bering Sea.
The pygmy shrew tenrec (Microgale parvula) is a species of placental mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist forests. While it is not endangered, its population is slowly declining as it is threatened by habitat loss. This is of concern, though does not yet merit a ...