Microgale é um gênero placentário da família Tenrecidae, endêmico de Madagascar.
Espécies Microgale brevicaudata G. Grandidier, 1899 Microgale cowani Thomas, 1882 Microgale dobsoni Thomas, 1884 Microgale drouhardi G. Grandider, 1934 Microgale dryas Jenkins, 1992 Microgale fotsifotsy Jenkins, Raxworthy e Nusbaum, 1997 Microgale gracilis (Major, 1896) Microgale grandidieri Olson, Rakotomalala, Hildebrandt, Lanier, Raxworthy & Goodman, 2009 Microgale gymnorhyncha Jenkins, Goodman e Raxworthy, 1996 Microgale jenkinsae Goodman e Soarimalala, 2004 Microgale jobihely Goodman et al., 2006 Microgale longicaudata Thomas, 1882 Microgale macpheei Goodman, Vasey, e Burney, 2007 Microgale majori Thomas, 1918 Microgale monticola Goodman e Jenkins, 1998 Microgale nasoloi Jenkins e Goodman, 1999 Microgale parvula G. Grandidier, 1934 Microgale principula Thomas, 1926 Microgale pusilla Major, 1896 Microgale soricoides Jenkins, 1993 Microgale taiva Major, 1896 Microgale talazaci Major, 1896 Microgale thomasi Major, 1896
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