NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Oryzorictinae
  Family - Tenrecidae
  Suborder - Tenrecomorpha
  Order - Afrosoricida
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Microgale brevicaudata
      Species - Microgale cowani
      Species - Microgale dobsoni
      Species - Microgale dryas
      Species - Microgale gracilis
      Species - Microgale longicaudata
      Species - Microgale parvula
      Species - Microgale principula
      Species - Microgale pusilla
      Species - Microgale talazaci
      Species - Microgale thomasi
      Species - Microgale drouhardi
      Species - Microgale fotsifotsy
      Species - Microgale gymnorhyncha
      Species - Microgale monticola
      Species - Microgale nasoloi
      Species - Microgale soricoides
      Species - Microgale taiva