''Microgale grandidieri'', also known as Grandidier's shrew tenrec, is a

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

shrew tenrec ''Microgale'' is a genus of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. There are 21 living species on the island of Madagascar and one extinct species known from a fossil. Some species have been discovered in the last twenty years. On the basis of molecul ...

occurring in the dry forests of western and southwestern

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

. Populations of this species were formerly included in ''

Microgale brevicaudata The short-tailed shrew tenrec (''Microgale brevicaudata'') is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is endemic to Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of ...

''; ''M. grandidieri'' was described as a separate species in 2009 based on differences in

morphology Morphology, from the Greek and meaning "study of shape", may refer to: Disciplines *Morphology (archaeology), study of the shapes or forms of artifacts *Morphology (astronomy), study of the shape of astronomical objects such as nebulae, galaxies, ...

and

DNA sequence A nucleic acid sequence is a succession of bases within the nucleotides forming alleles within a DNA (using GACT) or RNA (GACU) molecule. This succession is denoted by a series of a set of five different letters that indicate the order of the nu ...

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Afrosoricida Mammals of Madagascar Mammals described in 2009 {{afrosoricida-stub