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Limnogale

Mammalia - Tenrecidae

Taxonomy
Limnogale was named by Major (1896). It is extant.

It was assigned to Oryzorictinae by Van Valen (1967); and to Tenrecidae by Benstead et al. (2001).

Species
L. mergulus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Limnogale Major p. 318
1967Limnogale Van Valen
2001Limnogale Benstead et al. p. 119

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—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
superfamilyTenrecoidea()
familyTenrecidae
genusLimnogaleMajor 1896

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. Limnogale Major 1896
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Limnogale mergulus Major 1896 [web-footed tenrec]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available