Genus of mammals
| Nesogale |
Scientific classification  |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Afrosoricida |
| Suborder: | Tenrecomorpha |
| Family: | Tenrecidae |
| Subfamily: | Oryzorictinae |
| Genus: | Nesogale
Thomas, 1918 |
| Type species |
Microgale dobsoni
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| Species |
- Nesogale dobsoni
- Nesogale talazaci
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| Red: Nesogale dobsoni , Blue: Nesogale talazaci , Purple: both species |
Nesogale is a genus of tenrecs, which are a family of afrotherian mammals endemic to Madagascar. On the basis of molecular data indicating its two species form a sister group to the rest of Microgale (21 extant species), they were transferred from Microgale to Nesogale in 2016, thus resurrecting a genus first erected by Oldfield Thomas in 1918.[1] These genera, along with Oryzorictes, form the tenrec subfamily Oryzorictinae. Nesogale contains the following species:
These species are distinguished from the other shrew tenrecs of Microgale by being more robust and larger, and by their lack of premolar diastemata.[1] They are distributed over much of the eastern and northern areas of the island. Nesogale and Microgale are estimated to have split during the Early Miocene, about 19 million years ago.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Everson, K. M.; Soarimalala, V.; Goodman, S. M.; Olson, L. E. (2016). "Multiple Loci and Complete Taxonomic Sampling Resolve the Phylogeny and Biogeographic History of Tenrecs (Mammalia: Tenrecidae) and Reveal Higher Speciation Rates in Madagascar's Humid Forests". Systematic Biology. 65 (5): 890–909. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syw034. PMID 27103169.
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| Potamogalidae | | Micropotamogale | - Nimba otter shrew (M. lamottei)
- Ruwenzori otter shrew (M. ruwenzorii)
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| Potamogale | - Giant otter shrew (P. velox)
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Tenrecidae
(Tenrecs) | | Geogalinae | | Geogale | - Large-eared tenrec (G. aurita)
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| Oryzorictinae | | Microgale | - Short-tailed shrew tenrec (M. brevicaudata)
- Cowan's shrew tenrec (M. cowani)
- Drouhard's shrew tenrec (M. drouhardi)
- Dryad shrew tenrec (M. dryas)
- Pale shrew tenrec (M. fotsifotsy)
- Gracile shrew tenrec (M. gracilis)
- Naked-nosed shrew tenrec (M. gymnorhyncha)
- Jenkins' shrew tenrec (M. jenkinsae)
- Northern shrew tenrec (M. jobihely)
- Lesser long-tailed shrew tenrec (M. longicaudata)
- Major's long-tailed tenrec (M. majori)
- Web-footed tenrec (M. mergulus)
- Montane shrew tenrec (M. monticola)
- Nasolo's shrew tenrec (M. nasoloi)
- Pygmy shrew tenrec (M. parvula)
- Greater long-tailed shrew tenrec (M. principula)
- Least shrew tenrec (M. pusilla)
- Shrew-toothed shrew tenrec (M. soricoides)
- Taiva shrew tenrec (M. taiva)
- Thomas's shrew tenrec (M. thomasi)
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| Nesogale | - Dobson's shrew tenrec (N. dobsoni)
- Talazac's shrew tenrec (N. talazaci)
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Oryzorictes
(Rice tenrecs) | - Mole-like rice tenrec (O. hova)
- Four-toed rice tenrec (O. tetradactylus)
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| Tenrecinae | | Echinops | - Lesser hedgehog tenrec (E. telfairi)
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| Hemicentetes | - Highland streaked tenrec (H. nigriceps)
- Lowland streaked tenrec (H. semispinosus)
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| Setifer | - Greater hedgehog tenrec (S. setosus)
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| Tenrec | - Tailless tenrec (T. ecaudatus)
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Suborder Chrysochloridea (golden moles) |
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| Chrysochlorinae | | Carpitalpa | - Arends's golden mole (C. arendsi)
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| Chlorotalpa | - Duthie's golden mole (C. duthieae)
- Sclater's golden mole (C. sclateri)
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| Chrysochloris | | Subgenus Chrysochloris: | - Cape golden mole (C. asiatica)
- Visagie's golden mole (C. visagiei)
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| Subgenus Kilimatalpa: | - Stuhlmann's golden mole (C. stuhlmanni)
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| Chrysospalax | - Giant golden mole (C. trevelyani)
- Rough-haired golden mole (C. villosus)
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| Cryptochloris | - De Winton's golden mole (C. wintoni)
- Van Zyl's golden mole (C. zyli)
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| Eremitalpa | - Grant's golden mole (E. granti)
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| Amblysominae | | Amblysomus | - Fynbos golden mole (A. corriae)
- Hottentot golden mole (A. hottentotus)
- Marley's golden mole (A. marleyi)
- Robust golden mole (A. robustus)
- Highveld golden mole (A. septentrionalis)
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| Calcochloris | | Subgenus Huetia: | - Congo golden mole (C. leucorhinus)
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| Subgenus Calcochloris: | - Yellow golden mole (C. obtusirostris)
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| Subgenus incertae sedis: | - Somali golden mole (C. tytonis)
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| Neamblysomus | - Gunning's golden mole (N. gunningi)
- Juliana's golden mole (N. julianae)
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Taxon identifiers |
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