Talazac's shrew tenrec (''Nesogale talazaci'') 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 else ...

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 habitats are subtropical or tropical moist forests. On the basis of molecular data indicating that it and

Dobson's shrew tenrec Dobson's shrew tenrec (''Nesogale dobsoni'') is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist forests, plantations, and heavily degraded former forest. On the bas ...

form a sister group to the rest of '' Microgale'', these two species were transferred from ''Microgale'' to ''Nesogale'' in 2016.

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Afrosoricida Mammals of Madagascar Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Mammals described in 1896 Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{afrosoricida-stub