MCZ Mammalogy 45057

Geogale aurita Milne-Edwards and A. Grandidier, 1872

Holotype of Cryptogale australis

Date Collected:

1927-01-01/1927-12-31

Africa: Madagascar | south of Fort Dauphin, Andrahomana grotto

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:45057 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Geogale aurita Milne-Edwards and A. Grandidier, 1872
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Insectivora Tenrecidae
Common Name(s): Large-eared tenrec
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Cryptogale australis 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 64, Holotype of Cryptogale australis 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
Remarks: Skull fragments.
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: bone; 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  
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
sex unknown [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 grotto
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Madagascar: caves of Andrahomana
  • Georeference:
  • -25.152649°, 46.4580980° (Error radius: 7811m) By: Madeleine Mullon on 2018-12-19 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1927-01-01 / 1927-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Sent by M. Decary / 1927
  • Collectors:
  • R. Decary; Grandidier Collection

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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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