Order Insectivora Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 58 106 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353001 0-89327-235-3 7353001 Leptogale gracilis (Major, 1896) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 18:318 . TYPE LOCALITY: Madagascar , Ambohimitombo Forest . DISTRIBUTION: S. Madagascar . COMMENT: A transitional form between the genus Microgale and the genus Oryzorictes ; see Heim de Balsac, 1972 . ISIS NUMBER: 5301403002008007001 as Microgale gracilis .