MCZ Mammalogy 45047

Microgale brevicaudata G. Grandidier, 1899

Holotype of Paramicrogale occidentalis

Date Collected:

1930-01-01/1930-12-31

Africa: Madagascar | northwest of Maintirano, Andriafeuelo

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:45047 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Microgale brevicaudata G. Grandidier, 1899
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Insectivora Tenrecidae
Common Name(s): Short-tailed Shrew Tenrec
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Paramicrogale occidentalis G. Grandidier and Petit, 1931
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Insectivora Tenrecidae
Determiner: Guillaume Grandidier on 1931-12-31
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Catalog; ID Date is year of publication

Grandidier 1931, page 129, Holotype of Paramicrogale occidentalis G. Grandidier and Petit, 1931
Olson et al. 2009, Genetic Voucher of Paramicrogale occidentalis G. Grandidier and Petit, 1931
Media type: text; Grandidier 1931 Description: Un type nouveau de centétidé Malgache <i>Paramicrogale occidentalis</i>;

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Shows Publication: Grandidier 1931 Description: Un type nouveau de centétidé Malgache Paramicrogale occidentalis

Media type: text; Olson et al. 2009 Description: Phylogeography of <i>Microgale brevicaudata</i> (Tenrecidae) and Description of a New Species from Western Madagascar;

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Shows Publication: Olson et al. 2009 Description: Phylogeography of Microgale brevicaudata (Tenrecidae) and Description of a New Species from Western Madagascar

Part Condition Disposition Count
other (unknown) unchecked unknown 1 History
skull (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
Remarks: Skull separate.
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: skin; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-08-31
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-08-10   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (ethanol) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20
age class juvenile [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-08-24

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Madagascar
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000173 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • northwest of Maintirano, Andriafeuelo
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Madagascar: N.W. of Maintirano / Andriafeuelo
  • Georeference:
  • -18.046246°, 44.0278400° (Error radius: 2034m) By: Madeleine Mullon on 2018-12-19 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1930-01-01 / 1930-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1931
  • Collector:
  • M. A. de la Rue

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 45041; 45042; 45043; 45044; 45047; 45048; 45049; 45050; 45051; 45052; 45053; 45054; 45055; 45056; 45057; 45058; 45059; 45060; 45061; 45062; 45063; 45064; 45065; 45045; 45046 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 039831-045821, pg.209;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:45041 Microgale talazaci to MCZ:Mamm:4...

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