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P.D. JENKINS AND S.M. GOODMAN 



Town & Site 

 Ay/ Coast and River 

 A f National Road 

 1 Protected Area 



Fig. 1 Map of southwestern Madagascar showing the positions of the Vohibasia and Analavelona forests, as well as other sites mentioned in the text. 



RESULTS 



Microgale nasoloi sp. nov. 



Figs 2-4, 7 



HOLOTYPE. FMNH 156187, field number SMG-7875, adult fe- 

 male, skin, skull and skeleton. Collected by S. M. Goodman and 

 R. Rasoloarison on 12 January 1996. The specimen is deposited in 

 the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. 



TYPE LOCALITY. Vohibasia Forest [Foret de Vohibasia], 59 km 

 northeast of Sakaraha, Province de Toliara, southwestern Madagas- 

 car, 22°27.5'S, 44°50.5'E, 780 m, in transitional dry deciduous 

 forest. 



Referred MATERIAL. FMNH 161575, field number SMG- 10,230, 



juvenile male, skin [skull and skeleton lost]. Collected by S. M. 

 Goodman on 14 March 1998 in the Analavelona Forest [Foret 

 d'Analavelona], near Antanimena, 12.5 km northwest of 

 Andranoheza, 22°40.7'S, 44°11.5'E, 1050 m, on an isolated massif 

 with elements of eastern (humid) and western (deciduous) forests. 

 The specimen is currently at the Field Museum of Natural History 

 and will be repatriated to the Departement de Biologie Animale, 

 Universite d' Antananarivo, Antananarivo. 



Diagnosis . Pelage grey. Interorbital region constricted; braincase 

 shallow; ectotympanic posteriorly positioned; tympanic processes 

 of alisphenoid and basisphenoid reduced. Roots of P2 adpressed; 

 M3 anteroposteriorly compressed, bucco-lingually elongated; p3 

 scarcely greater in size than p2. 



Description. Based on holotype unless otherwise stated. Me- 

 dium sized Microgale (see Table 1), superficially mouse-like in 

 appearance (see Figs 2 and 7), tail thin, well-clothed with long scale 



