Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 - insectivores see Superorder Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 Family Tenrecidae Gray, 1821 - tenrecs Genus Microgale Thomas, 1882 - shrew-tenrecs Microgale brevicaudata G. Grandidier, 1899 - short-tailed shrew-tenrec