Microgale drouhardi, G. Grandidier, 1934

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Drouhard’s Shrew Tenrec

Microgale drouhardi

French: Microgale de Drouhard / German: Drouhard-Kleintenrek / Spanish: Tenrec musarana de Drouhard

Other common names: Striped Shrew Tenrec

Taxonomy. Microgale drouhardi G. Gran- didier, 1934 ,

“environs de Diego-Suarez, extréme-nord de Madagascar.” Restricted by R. D. E. MacPhee in 1987 to “Antsira- nana, Antsiranana [Province, Madagascarly 12°16'S 49° 15K.”

M. drouhardi is sister to a clade of M. monticola and M. taiva . Monotypic.

Distribution. N, E & SE Madagascar.

Descriptive notes. Head-body 63-83 mm, tail 53-83 mm, ear 10-18 mm, hindfoot

13-19 mm; weight 8-14 g. Tail of Drouhard’s Shrew Tenrec is slightly shorter than or nearly equal to head-body length. Dorsal pelage is dark brown, brown, or rufous brown, with well-demarcated, distinctly darker mid-dorsal stripe extending from crown of head to base of tail. Venteris silvery buff, buff, or rufous buff. Tail is bicolored, dark brown above and buff or reddish buff below; tail scales are readily visible beneath short scale hairs. There is marked variation in pelage color among populations.

Habitat. Humid forests and transitional humid to dry forests at elevations of530-2500 m.

Food and Feeding. Drouhard’s Shrew Tenrec eats species of Orthoptera, Coleoptera, Dermaptera, Hymenoptera, Arachnida, and Amphipoda and occasionally Annelida and frogs in captivity.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. Drouhard’s Shrew Tenrecs are terrestrial.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Drouhard’s Shrew Tenrec is widely distributed and occurs in many protected areas. Its overall population is presumably large but probably decreasing. Major threats at low elevations are habitat loss and fragmentation due to logging, use offire for forest clearing, and conversion to agricultural land.

Bibliography. Everson et al. (2016), Goodman et al. (2013), Jenkins (2003), Jenkins, Goodman & Raxworthy (1996), Jenkins, Raxworthy & Nussbaum (1997), MacPhee (1987), Olson & Goodman (2003), Soarimalala & Goodman (2003, 2011), Stephenson, Racey & Rakotondraparany (1994), Stephenson, Soarimalala & Goodman (2016).

Figures

1. Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec (Echinops telfairi), 2. Greater Hedgehog Tenrec (Setifer setosus), 3. Tailless Tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus), 4. Lowland Streaked Tenrec (Hemacenteles semispinosus), 5. Highland Streaked Tenrec (Hemicentetes nigriceps), 6. Large-eared Tenrec (Geogale aurita), 7. Mole-like Rice Tenrec (Oryzorictes hova), 8. Four-toed Rice Tenrec (Oryzorictes tetradactylus), 9. Dobson’s Shrew Tenrec (Nesogale dobsoni), 10. Talazac’s Shrew Tenrec (Nesogale talazact), 11. Montane Shrew Tenrec (Macrogale monticola), 12. Dryad Shrew Tenrec (Microgale dryas), 13. Short-tailed Shrew Tenrec (Microgale brevicaudata), 14. Pygmy Shrew Tenrec (Microgale parvula), 15. Lesser Long-tailed Shrew Tenrec (Mucrogale longicaudata), 16. Drouhard’s Shrew Tenrec (Microgale drouhardi), 17. Taiva Shrew Tenrec (Microgale taiva), 18. Pale Shrew (Tenrec Mucrogalefotsifotsy), 19. Greater Long-tailed Shrew Tenrec (Microgale principula), 20. Cowan's Shrew Tenrec (Microgale cowant), 21. Naked-nosed Shrew Tenrec (Microgale gymnorhyncha), 22. Shrew-toothed Shrew Tenrec (Microgale soricoides), 23. Major's Shrew Tenrec (Microgale major), 24. Gracile Shrew Tenrec (Microgale gracilis), 25. Thomas’s Shrew Tenrec (Microgale thomasi), 26. Grandidier’s Shrew Tenrec (Muicrogale grandidieri), 27. Web-footed Tenrec (Microgale mergulus), 28. Least Shrew Tenrec (Muicrogale pusilla), 29. Dark Shrew (Tenrec Microgalejobihely), 30. Nasolo’s Shrew Tenrec (Microgale nasoloi), 31. Jenkins’s Shrew (Tenrec Microgalejenkinsae)

Distribution. N, E & SE Madagascar.