Subfossil rodents and tenrecs of Children’s Cave, Madagascar Author Denys, Christiane Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB) UMR 7205, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, EPHE, Université des Antilles, Paris, France; Author Gabriel, Nadine W. Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK; Author Lalis, Aude Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB) UMR 7205, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, EPHE, Université des Antilles, Paris, France; Author Jenkins, Paulina Vertebrates Division, Natural History Museum, London, UK text Journal of Natural History 2024 2024-07-15 58 25 - 28 796 839 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2370663 journal article 10.1080/00222933.2024.2370663 1464-5262 13219769 Genus Nesogale Thomas, 1918 This genus, originally included in the genus Microgale , is distinguished from the latter by morphological and molecular differences, and is represented by two species, Nesogale dobsoni (Thomas, 1884) and N. talazaci (Major, 1896) . Both species, listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List ( Stephenson et al . 2016 ), are widely distributed, with a broad latitudinal range in moist evergreen forest and, while both occur in the Central Highlands, N. dobsoni is apparently more tolerant of fringe habitat of fragmented forest and marshland. The two species are distinguished by the greater size of N. talazaci . Measurements of the subfossil mandibular rami show that they are clearly within the range of the smaller N. dobsoni ( Table 5 ).