ADW: Microgale: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Synapsida (synapsids)
        
        Class Mammalia (mammals)
        
        Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
        
        Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
        
        Order Afrosoricida (tenrecs and golden moles)
        
        Suborder Tenrecomorpha (tenrecs)
        
        Family Tenrecidae (tenrecs)
        
        Subfamily Oryzorictinae (aquatic tenrecs, rice tenrecs, and shrew tenrecs)
        
        Genus Microgale (shrew tenrecs)
        
        Species Microgale brevicaudata (short-tailed shrew tenrec)
        
        Species Microgale cowani (Cowan's shrew tenrec)
        
        Species Microgale dobsoni (Dobson's shrew tenrec)
        
        Species Microgale drouhardi (Drouhard's shrew tenrec)
        
        Species Microgale dryas (tree shrew tenrec)
        
        Species Microgale fotsifotsy (pale shrew tenrec)
        
        Species Microgale gracilis (gracile shrew tenrec)
        
        Species Microgale gymnorhyncha (naked-nosed shrew tenrec)
        
        Species Microgale jenkinsae (Jenkins' shrew tenrec)
        
        Species Microgale longicaudata (lesser long-tailed shrew tenrec)
        
        Species Microgale monticola (montane shrew tenrec)
        
        Species Microgale nasoloi (Nasolo's shrew tenrec)
        
        Species Microgale parvula (dark shrew tenrec)
        
        Species Microgale principula (greater long-tailed shrew tenrec)
        
        Species Microgale pusilla (least shrew tenrec)
        
        Species Microgale soricoides (shrew-toothed shrew tenrec)
        
        Species Microgale taiva (Taiva shrew tenrec)
        
        Species Microgale talazaci (Talazac's shrew tenrec)
        
        Species Microgale thomasi (Thomas's shrew tenrec)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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