''Microgale grandidieri'', also known as Grandidier's shrew tenrec, is a
species of
shrew tenrec occurring in the dry forests of western and southwestern
Madagascar. Populations of this species were formerly included in ''
Microgale brevicaudata''; ''M. grandidieri'' was described as a separate species in 2009 based on differences in
morphology and
DNA sequence
DNA sequencing is the process of determining the nucleic acid sequence – the order of nucleotides in DNA. It includes any method or technology that is used to determine the order of the four bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine. Th ...
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References
Afrosoricida
Mammals of Madagascar
Mammals described in 2009
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