P.D. JENKINS, C.J. RAXWORTHY AND R.A. NUSSBAUM 



Infant: individuals in which the deciduous antemolar dentition 

 and the molars are not fully erupted; premaxillary, parietal and 

 basioccipital sutures unfused. 



Juvenile: individuals in which the molars are fully erupted and the 

 deciduous antemolar dentition is erupted and in the process of 

 replacement by the permanent teeth; cranial sutures are in the 

 process of fusing. The eruption sequence of the permanent teeth 

 has been subdivided into four stages by MacPhee (1987). 

 Adult: individuals with a fully erupted permanent dentition; cra- 

 nial sutures generally fused although their position is usually 

 clearly marked. 



Abbreviations used for institutions include, BMNH-The Natural 

 History Museum, London [formerly British Museum (Natural His- 

 tory)]; FMNH- Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago; MCZ- 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard; UMMZ- University of 

 Michigan, Museum of Zoology, Michigan; USNM - National Mu- 

 seum of Natural History, Washington [formerly United States 

 National Museum]. 



Abbreviations used for protected sites in Madagascar: PN - Pare 

 National; RNI - Reserve Naturelle Integral; RS - Reserve Special. 

 Other abbreviations used are: RAN - UMMZ field tag series; gm - 

 grams; km - kilometres; m - metres; mm - millimetres. 



RESULTS 



Microgale fotsifotsy sp. nov. 



Figs 1-5 



HOLOTYPE. UMMZ 168468 (RAN 38784) adult male, fixed in 

 formalin, preserved in alcohol, skull extracted. Collected by 

 Christopher Raxworthy [CR] 13 January 1992. 



Type LOCALITY. Camp 2, Antomboka River Fitsahana, Pare Na- 

 tional de la Montagne d'Ambre, Antsiranana Fivondronana, 

 Antsiranana Province 12°29'S 49 C 10'E, altitude 650m, rain forest. 



Paratypes. Camp 2, Antomboka River Fitsahana, Pare National 

 de la Montagne d'Ambre, Antsiranana Fivondronana, Antsiranana 

 Province 12°29'S 49°10'E, altitude 650-670m, rain forest: UMMZ 

 171056 (RAN 38596), juvenile; BMNH 1996.278 (RAN 38648), 

 adult female; UMMZ 171057 (RAN 38710), juvenile; UMMZ 

 168470 (RAN 38740), juvenile; UMMZ 168466 (RAN 38752), 

 juvenile; UMMZ 1 7 1 058 (RAN 38753), adult male; UMMZ 1 68467 

 (RAN 38754), adult male; UMMZ 168469 (RAN 38791), adult 

 male; UMMZ 171059 (RAN 38821), adult male. Collected by CR 

 2-17 January 1992. All specimens fixed in formalin, preserved in 

 alcohol, skulls extracted. 



Camp 1 , Antomboka River, Pare National de la Montagne d' Ambre 

 12°32'S 49°10'E, altitude 1 150m, rain forest: UMMZ 171055 (RAN 

 38192), adult female, collected by CR 23 November 1991. Fixed in 

 formalin, preserved in alcohol, skull extracted. 



Pare National de la Montagne d'Ambre, 5.5 km SW of Joffreville 

 [Ambohitra], 12°31'S 49°10'E, altitude 1000m, disturbed rain for- 

 est: FMNH 154590 adult male; FMNH 154591 juvenile male; 

 FMNH 154592 juvenile male; FMNH 154593 juvenile male; FMNH 

 154594 juvenile; FMNH 154595 juvenile male; FMNH 154596 

 juvenile male. Collected by Steven Goodman 28 March-1 April 

 1994. All skins and skulls. 



Referred material. RS d'Ambatovaky, Soanierana-Ivongo 

 Fivondronana, Toamasina Province 16°51'S 49°08'E, 600m, in rain 

 forest: BMNH 91.247. 



RNI de Zahamena, Ambatondrazaka Fivondronana 17°40'S- 

 17°42'S 48°46'E, 850-1 180m: UMMZ 171060-171065; BMNH 

 96.279. 



Maitso, RNI d'Andringitra, 22°10'S 46°50'E, 1400 m, in dis- 

 turbed forest, 20 yards [18.3 m] from stream; found drowned in 

 puddle on top of shelter 5 feet [1.5 m] above the ground: BMNH 

 95.257. 40 km S of Ambalavao, along Volotsangana River, RNI 

 d'Andringitra, 22°13'S 46°58'E, altitude 1210 m, in montane forest: 

 FMNH 151646-151647. 



Marosohy Forest, 1 6 kmWNW of Ranomafana-Sud, Fivondronana 

 Tolagnaro [Tolanaro Fivondronana], Toliara Province, 24°34'S 

 46°48'E, 650m, in rain forest: USNM 578787; USNM 578887. 



Fig. 1 Dorso-lateral view of Microgale fotsifotsy to show external features. 



