Gracile Shrew Tenrec

Microgale gracilis (Major 1896)

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Microgale gracilis (Gracile Shrew Tenrec) is a species of mammals in the family tenrecs. They are found in Afrotropics. They are carnivores.

URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Afrotropical
Attribution: https://www.oneearth.org/realms/afrotropics/

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875
Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue

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EOL has data for 21 attributes, including:

biogeographic realm
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GAZ_00000071
- Definition: The largest scale biogeographic division of the earth's surface based on the historic and evolutionary distribution patterns of plants and animals.
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Afrotropics
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Afrotropical
- Attribution: https://www.oneearth.org/realms/afrotropics/
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body mass
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001259
- Definition: The amount of matter in the body of an organism.
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23.3
ecomorphological guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/EcomorphologicalGuild
- Definition: organisms that share certain morphological traits due to adaptation to similar environments and ecological roles
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ecoregion
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q295469
- Definition: ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a biogeographic realm
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Madagascar Subhumid Forests
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Madagascar_subhumid_forests
- Attribution: https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/at0118
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Madagascar
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/1062947
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geographic range (size of area)
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/GeographicRangeArea
- Definition: The total extent of the geographic range of an organism.
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9350.809999999999
habitat
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- Comment: Example: "oak savanna", "pre-cordilleran steppe"
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terrestrial habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002009
- Definition: A habitat that is on or at the boundary of the surface of the Earth.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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habitat breadth
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/HabitatBreadth
- Definition: Number of habitat layers used by an organism
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1
habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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forest
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000174
- Definition: A forest biome is a terrestrial biome which includes, across its entire spatial extent, densely packed vegetation which strongly limits light penetration to the forest floor.
- Comment: Preliminary definition.
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population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Decreasing
temperature in geographic range
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18.802
trophic level
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1053008
- Definition: position of an organism in a food web. May be described verbally with descriptors including primary producer, herbivore or carnivore. If described numerically, 1 indicates a primary producer, 2 a herbivore, and so on up the food web.
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carnivore
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875
- Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Gracile Shrew Tenrec. View this species on GBIF