An extinct shrew tenrec from southeastern Madagascar
Microgale macpheei
Temporal range: Holocene
Conservation status
Extinct
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Afrosoricida
Suborder:
Tenrecomorpha
Family:
Tenrecidae
Genus:
Microgale
Species:
†M. macpheei
Binomial name
†Microgale macpheei
Goodman, Vasey, and Burney, 2007
Location of Andrahomana Cave, the only place where Microgale macpheei has been found
Microgale macpheei is an extinct shrew tenrec from southeastern Madagascar. It is known only from two partial skulls found in Andrahomana cave, which radiocarbon dating of associated rodent remains suggests are about 3000 years old. It is the only known recently extinct tenrec. First described in 2007, it is most similar to the smaller Microgale brevicaudata of northern and western Madagascar. M. macpheei has a broad rostrum (front part of the skull) and, like M. brevicaudata, lacks a diastema (gap) between the premolars. A number of details of tooth morphology are characteristic of M. macpheei.
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