Drouhard's Shrew Tenrec

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Drouhard's Shrew Tenrec^[1]

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Afrosoricida
Family:	Tenrecidae
Genus:	Microgale
Species:	M. drouhardi

Binomial name

Microgale drouhardi
Grandidier, 1934

Drouhard's Shrew Tenrec (Microgale drouhardi), also known as the Striped Shrew Tenrec, is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.^[2]

[edit] References

^ Bronner, Gary N.; Jenkins, Paulina D. (November 16, 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 73. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
^ ^a ^b Afrotheria Specialist Group (Tenrec Section), Rakotondravony, D. & Goodman, S. (2006). Microgale drouhardi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.

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Extant Afrosoricida species

Suborder Tenrecomorpha

Geogale	Large-eared Tenrec (Geogale aurita)

Limnogale	Web-footed Tenrec (Limnogale mergulus)

Microgale	Short-tailed Shrew Tenrec (Microgale brevicaudata) · Cowan's Shrew Tenrec (Microgale cowani) · Dobson's Shrew Tenrec (Microgale dobsoni) · Drouhard's Shrew Tenrec (Microgale drouhardi) · Dryad Shrew Tenrec (Microgale dryas) · Pale Shrew Tenrec (Microgale fotsifotsy) · Gracile Shrew Tenrec (Microgale gracilis) · Naked-nosed Shrew Tenrec (Microgale gymnorhyncha) · Microgale jobihely · Lesser Long-tailed Shrew Tenrec (Microgale longicaudata) · Montane Shrew Tenrec (Microgale monticola) · Nasolo's Shrew Tenrec (Microgale nasoloi) · Pygmy Shrew Tenrec (Microgale parvula) · Greater Long-tailed Shrew Tenrec (Microgale principula) · Least Shrew Tenrec (Microgale pusilla) · Shrew-toothed Shrew Tenrec (Microgale soricoides) · Taiva Shrew Tenrec (Microgale taiva) · Talazac's Shrew Tenrec (Microgale talazaci) · Thomas's Shrew Tenrec (Microgale thomasi)

Oryzorictes	Mole-like Rice Tenrec (Oryzorictes hova) · Four-toed Rice Tenrec (Oryzorictes tetradactylus)

Micropotamogale	Nimba Otter Shrew (Micropotamogale lamottei) · Ruwenzori Otter Shrew (Micropotamogale ruwenzorii)

Potamogale	Giant Otter Shrew (Potamogale velox)

Echinops	Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec (Echinops telfairi)

Hemicentetes	Highland Streaked Tenrec (Hemicentetes nigriceps) · Lowland Streaked Tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus)

Setifer	Greater Hedgehog Tenrec (Setifer setosus)

Tenrec	Common Tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus)

Suborder Chrysochloridea

Carpitalpa	Arend's Golden Mole (Carpitalpa arendsi)

Chlorotalpa	Duthie's Golden Mole (Chlorotalpa duthieae) · Sclater's Golden Mole (Chlorotalpa sclateri)

Chrysochloris	Subgenus Chrysochloris: Cape Golden Mole (Chrysochloris asiatica) · Visagie's Golden Mole (Chrysochloris visagiei) Subgenus Kilimatalpa: Stuhlmann's Golden Mole (Chrysochloris stuhlmanni)

Chrysospalax	Giant Golden Mole (Chrysospalax trevelyani) · Rough-haired Golden Mole (Chrysospalax villosus)

Cryptochloris	De Winton's Golden Mole (Cryptochloris wintoni) · Van Zyl's Golden Mole (Cryptochloris zyli)

Eremitalpa	Grant's Golden Mole (Eremitalpa granti)

Amblysomus	Fynbos Golden Mole (Amblysomus corriae) · Hottentot Golden Mole (Amblysomus hottentotus) · Marley's Golden Mole (Amblysomus marleyi) · Robust Golden Mole (Amblysomus robustus) · Highveld Golden Mole (Amblysomus septentrionalis)

Calcochloris	Subgenus Huetia: Congo Golden Mole (Calcochloris leucorhinus) Subgenus Calcochloris: Yellow Golden Mole (Calcochloris obtusirostris) Subgenus incertae sedis: Somali Golden Mole (Calcochloris tytonis)

Neamblysomus	Juliana's Golden Mole (Neamblysomus julianae) · Gunning's Golden Mole (Neamblysomus gunningi)