Tenrec Resources and Information

Tenrec Species Profile:

Short-tailed Shrew Tenrec (Microgale brevicaudata) G. Grandidier, 1899

by David G. Kupitz, Bünde, Germany. Published February 25, 2022. Updated October 26, 2025.

Microgale brevicaudata, Short-tailed shrew tenrec - Copyright www.tenrec.org - Illustrator: Frithjof Spangenberg

Short-tailed Shrew Tenrec (Microgale brevicaudata) - Bemaraha - Madagascar - Copyright Harald Schütz

Taxonomy

Family: Tenrecidae	Tenrecs
Subfamily: Oryzorictinae	Furry tenrecs
Genus: Microgale	Shrew tenrecs
Species: Microgale brevicaudata	Short-tailed shrew tenrec

Malagasy name: none known