MCZ Mammalogy 45049

Microgale principula Thomas, 1926

Holotype of Microgale decaryi

Date Collected:

1926-01-01/1926-12-31

Africa: Madagascar | south of Fort Dauphin, Andrahomana Caves

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:45049 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Microgale principula Thomas, 1926
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Insectivora Tenrecidae
Common Name(s): Greater Long-tailed Shrew Tenrec
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identifications
Paramicrogale decaryi
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Insectivora Tenrecidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy
Microgale decaryi G. Grandidier, 1928
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Insectivora Tenrecidae
Determiner: Guillaume Grandidier on 1928-12-31
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Catalog; ID Date is year of publication

Grandidier 1928, page 69, Holotype of Microgale decaryi G. Grandidier, 1928
Media type: text; Grandidier 1928 Description: Description de deux nouveaux mammifères insectivores de Madagascar;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Grandidier 1928 Description: Description de deux nouveaux mammifères insectivores de Madagascar

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Part Condition Disposition Count
other (unknown) unchecked unknown 1 History
skull (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
Remarks: Lower jaw missing.
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; 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  

Attribute Value Determination On
age class adult [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:
  • south of Fort Dauphin, Andrahomana Caves
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Madagascar: S. of Ft. Dauphin / Andrahomana Grotto
  • Georeference:
  • -25.092578°, 46.4181010° (Error radius: 14186m) By: Tsuyoshi Takahashi on 2021-10-15 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1926-01-01 / 1926-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • R. Decary

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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;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

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

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