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Geogale aurita  A. Milne-Edwards and A. Grandidier, 1872
Taxonomic Serial No.: 633492

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Geogale aurita aurita A. Milne-Edwards and A. Grandidier, 1872
  
    Geogale aurita orientalis G. Grandidier and Petit, 1930
  
  Common Name(s): Large-eared Tenrec [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderAfrosoricida Stanhope, 1998 – tenrecs, golden moles  
                                  SuborderTenrecomorpha Butler, 1972 – tenrecs  
                                     FamilyTenrecidae Gray, 1821  
                                        SubfamilyGeogalinae Trouessart, 1881 – large-eared tenrec  
                                           GenusGeogale A. Milne-Edwards and A. Grandidier, 1872  
                                              SpeciesGeogale aurita A. Milne-Edwards and A. Grandidier, 1872 – Large-eared Tenrec  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Rainer Hutterer   
  Notes: Zoologisches Forschunginstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany   
  Reference for: Geogale aurita    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Jenkins, P. D. / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2018   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Tenrecidae (Tenrecs and Shrew Tenrecs)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 8: Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos   
  Page(s): 134-172   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728-084   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Geogale aurita, Large-eared Tenrec [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Geogale aurita   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Geogale aurita, Large-eared Tenrec [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole   
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Geogale aurita, Large-eared Tenrec [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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