Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 - insectivores see Superorder Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 Family Tenrecidae Gray, 1821 - tenrecs Subfamily Oryzorictinae Trouessart, 1879 Genus Microgale Thomas, 1882 - shrew-tenrecs Microgale pusilla Major, 1896 - lesser shrew-tenrec