Microgale dryas
Taxonomy [top]
| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | MAMMALIA | AFROSORICIDA | TENRECIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Microgale dryas | |||
| Species Authority: | Jenkins, 1992 | |||
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Assessment Information [top]
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Vulnerable B1ab(iii) ver 3.1 | ||||||
| Year Published: | 2008 | ||||||
| Assessor/s: | Jenkins, P. & Andrianjakavelo, V. (IUCN SSC Afrotheria Specialist Group - Tenrec Section) | ||||||
| Reviewer/s: | Rathbun, G. (Afrotheria Red List Authority) & Hoffmann, M. (Global Mammal Assessment Team) | ||||||
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Justification: Listed as Vulnerable because its extent of occurrence is less than 20,000 km², it is known from fewer than ten locations, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat. |
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Geographic Range [top]
| Range Description: | This species is known from only a few sites in north-eastern Madagascar. There is some doubt about a record from Anjanaharibe-Sud Special Reserve as it was collected from an owl pellet. It has been recorded between 500 and 940 m asl. |
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Native:
Madagascar
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Population [top]
| Population: | It is known from only a few specimens and has been rarely recorded. |
| Population Trend: |
Decreasing
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Habitat and Ecology [top]
| Habitat and Ecology: | It is a poorly-known species that has only been recorded in the eastern lowland rain forests. It is possibly a a semi-fossorial species which is believed to be forest dependent. The ecology of the species is not known. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
Threats [top]
| Major Threat(s): | It is threatened by deforestation and habitat fragmentation, through conversion to cultivated areas and general logging activities. |
Conservation Actions [top]
| Conservation Actions: | It has been recorded from two protected areas: Ambatovaky Special Reserve and Anjanaharibe-Sud Special Reserve. It has been recorded in the future protected area of Makira. Further studies are needed into the taxonomy, distribution, population, biology, ecology and threats to this species. |
Bibliography [top]
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Afrotheria Specialist Group. 2004. Specialist Group website. Available at: http://www.calacademy.org/research/bmammals/afrotheria/ASG.html. Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (comps and eds). 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Bronner, G. N. and Jenkins, P. D. 2005. Order Afrosoricida. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 70-81. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA. Garbutt, N. 2007. Mammals of Madagascar: a complete Guide. A&C Black, London, UK. Jenkins, P. D. 1992. Description of a new species of Microgale (Insectivora: Tenrecidae) from eastern Madagascar. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 58: 53-59. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA and London, UK. |
| Citation: | Jenkins, P. & Andrianjakavelo, V. 2008. Microgale dryas. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2012. |
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