The shrew-toothed shrew tenrec (''Microgale soricoides'') is a species of
mammal in the family
Tenrecidae. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist forests.
References
Afrosoricida
Mammals of Madagascar
Mammals described in 1993
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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