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Geogale (large-eared tenrec)

Mammalia - Tenrecidae

Taxonomy
Geogale was named by Milne-Edwards and Grandidier (1872). It is extant.

It was assigned to Oryzorictinae by Van Valen (1967); to Geogalinae by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Tenrecidae by Burney et al. (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Geogale Milne-Edwards and Grandidier
1928Cryptogale Grandidier
1967Geogale Van Valen
2005Geogale Wilson and Reeder
2008Geogale Burney et al. p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Afroinsectiphilia
Afroinsectivora
superfamilyTenrecoideaMcDowell 1958
familyTenrecidae
genusGeogaleMilne-Edwards and Grandidier 1872

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Geogale Milne-Edwards and Grandidier 1872 [large-eared tenrec]
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Geogale aletris Butler and Hopwood 1957
Geogale aurita Milne-Edwards and Grandidier 1872 [Large-eared tenrec]
Invalid names: Cryptogale Grandidier 1928 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available