Microgale brevicaudata G. Grandidier, 1899 . Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 5:349.

TYPE LOCALITY: "environs of Mahanara, NE coast of Madagascar ", 78 km S of Iharana [Vohimarina], Antsiranana, Antalaha, Madagascar .

DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar, forest.

STATUS: IUCN - Insufficiently known as M. brevicaudata; Indeterminate as M. occidentalis .

SYNONYMS: breviceps, occidentalis .