Four-toed rice tenrec

The four-toed rice tenrec (Oryzorictes tetradactylus) is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical shrubland, grassland, and moist forests, and swamps.[2]

Four-toed rice tenrec[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Afrosoricida
Suborder: Tenrecomorpha
Family: Tenrecidae
Genus: Oryzorictes
Species:
O. tetradactylus
Binomial name
Oryzorictes tetradactylus
Four-toed rice tenrec range
Synonyms

Oryzorictes teradactylus (orth. error)

References

  1. Bronner, G.N.; Jenkins, P.D. (2005). "Order Afrosoricida". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. Stephenson, P.J.; Soarimalala, V.; Goodman, S. (2016). "Oryzorictes tetradactylus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40591A97203290. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T40591A97203290.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
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