New distributional records of the recently described and endangered shrew tenrec Microgale nasoloi (Tenrecidae: Afrosoricida) from central western Madagascar

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 468-471

  Soarimalala, Voahangy ^a,b   Goodman, Steven M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^b Vahatra   (Madagascar)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation status; Distribution limit; Microgale nasoloi; Tenrecidae; Western Madagascar

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MAMMAL; NEW RECORD;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

MICROGALE; TENREC; TENRECIDAE;

EID: 53949086738     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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