Limnogale mergulus Major 1896

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Afrosoricida, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 71-81 : 72

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11346536
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scientific name	Limnogale mergulus Major 1896
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Limnogale mergulus Major 1896 View in CoL

Limnogale mergulus Major 1896 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 18: 319.

Type Locality: Madagascar, Imasindrary, NE Betsileo.

Vernacular Names: Web-footed Tenrec.

Distribution: Freshwater streams of eastern humid forest and central highlands of E Madagascar.

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Morphological evidence suggests that Limnogale and the African Potamogalinae are sister taxa ( Asher, 1999).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Afrosoricida
Family	Tenrecidae
Genus	Limnogale

Limnogale mergulus Major 1896

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005

2005

Limnogale mergulus

Major 1896: 319

1896

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