Microgale dryas
– Vulnerable
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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MAMMALIA
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Order:
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AFROSORICIDA
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Family:
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TENRECIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Microgale dryas
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Species Authority:
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Jenkins, 1992
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | TREE SHREW TENREC |
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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VU B1ab(iii) ver 3.1 (2001)
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Year Assessed:
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2006
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Assessor/s:
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Afrotheria Specialist Group (Tenrec Section), Jenkins, P. & Andrianjakavelo, V.
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Evaluator/s:
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Rathbun, G. (Afrotheria Red List Authority) & Sechrest, W. (Global Mammal Assessment)
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Justification:
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Listed as Vulnerable B1ab(iii) 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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History:
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| 1996 | - | Critically Endangered (Baillie and Groombridge 1996) |
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Geographic Range
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Range Description:
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This species is known from only a few sites in northeastern 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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Countries:
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Native:
Madagascar
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Population
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Population:
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It is known from only a few specimens and has been rarely recorded.
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Population Trend:
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Habitat and Ecology
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Habitat and Ecology:
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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.
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System:
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Terrestrial
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List of Habitats:
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| 1.6 | Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland |
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Threats
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Threats:
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It is threatened by deforestation and habitat fragmentation, through conversion to cultivated areas and general logging activities.
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List of Threats:
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| 1.1.1.1 | Habitat Loss/Degradation - Agriculture - Crops - Shifting Agriculture (ongoing) |
| 1.3.3.1 | Habitat Loss/Degradation - Extraction - Wood - Small-scale subsistence (ongoing) |
| 1.3.3.2 | Habitat Loss/Degradation - Extraction - Wood - Selective logging (ongoing) |
| 1.7 | Habitat Loss/Degradation - Fires (ongoing) |
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Conservation Actions
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Conservation Actions:
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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.
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List of Conservation Actions:
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| 3.1 | Research actions - Taxonomy (needed) |
| 3.2 | Research actions - Population numbers and range (needed) |
| 3.3 | Research actions - Biology and Ecology (needed) |
| 3.5 | Research actions - Threats (needed) |
| 4.1 | Habitat and site-based actions - Maintenance/Conservation (in place, needed) |
| 4.4.2 | Habitat and site-based actions - Protected areas - Establishment (in place) |
| 4.4.3 | Habitat and site-based actions - Protected areas - Management (in place, needed) |
| 4.4.4 | Habitat and site-based actions - Protected areas - Expansion (needed) |
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Bibliography
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Bibliography:
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Afrotheria Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. Nowak, R.M. (ed.) 1999. Walkers Mammals of the World. Sixth edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London. Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds). 1993. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London.
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