Microgale

• Cowan's Shrew Tenrec Microgale cowani

  

  Cowan's shrew tenrec is a small tenrec from the humid forests of eastern Madagascar. It searches among leaf litter and fallen wood for small prey.

• Short-tailed Shrew Tenrec Microgale brevicaudata

  This tenrec has a dark-brown body, grayish throat and belly, and large ears. It searches through soil for insects and small vertebrates, with records of activity both day and night.

• Drouhard's Shrew Tenrec Microgale drouhardi

  Drouhard's shrew tenrec is a small tenrec with a dark stripe along its back. It occurs in forests in northern, eastern, and southeastern Madagascar.

• Dryad Shrew Tenrec Microgale dryas

  The Dryad shrew tenrec is a small mammal with a shrew-like appearance. The Animal Diversity Web account reports it only from Ambatovaky Special Reserve in northeastern Madagascar.

• Pale Shrew Tenrec Microgale fotsifotsy

  The Pale Shrew Tenrec is a tenrec reported from specimens at several forest localities in Madagascar. Its back is described as pale yellow-brown to grayish, and its tail is longer than head and body combined.

• Gracile Shrew Tenrec Microgale gracilis

  The gracile shrew tenrec lives in humid forests of eastern Madagascar. It has a long snout and dense fur, with pale flecks on its back.

• Grandidier's Shrew Tenrec Microgale grandidieri

  This tenrec is recorded in western to southwestern Madagascar. Specimens were collected in dry deciduous forest on limestone and other settings. Coat color was described from only a small number of study skins.

• Naked-nosed Shrew Tenrec Microgale gymnorhyncha

  The naked-nosed shrew tenrec is a tenrec recorded in humid montane forest on Madagascar. It forages on the forest floor and is partly fossorial.

• Jenkins's Shrew Tenrec Microgale jenkinsae

  Jenkins's shrew tenrec was described from the Mikea Forest in southwestern Madagascar. The original account describes a mixed gray-brown back and a gray underside with pale hair tips.

• Dark Shrew Tenrec Microgale jobihely

  Microgale jobihely is a small tenrec recorded in Madagascar's humid forests. The 2018 HMW account lists separated areas in the northwest and east and notes morphological differences between the two populations.

• Lesser Long-tailed Shrew Tenrec Microgale longicaudata

  This tenrec has a long prehensile tail and elongated hind feet. It lives in dense vegetation in northern and eastern Madagascar.

• Major's Shrew Tenrec Microgale majori

  This tenrec occurs in humid forests of Madagascar. Its back is described as dark brown with a reddish wash, while the belly is dark gray tinged with buff. Captures have also been recorded in regenerating forest and eucalyptus plantations.

• Cowan's Shrew Tenrec Microgale cowani

  Cowan's shrew tenrec is a small tenrec from the humid forests of eastern Madagascar. It searches among leaf litter and fallen wood for small prey.