The short-tailed shrew tenrec (''Microgale brevicaudata'') is a species of
mammal
Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...
in the family
Tenrecidae. It is
endemic to
Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical
dry
Dry or dryness most often refers to:
* Lack of rainfall, which may refer to
** Arid regions
** Drought
* Dry or dry area, relating to legal prohibition of selling, serving, or imbibing alcoholic beverages
* Dry humor, deadpan
* Dryness (medica ...
and
moist lowland forests.
References
Afrosoricida
Mammals of Madagascar
Mammals described in 1899
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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