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 moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and swamps.[2]
| Four-toed rice tenrec[1] | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Afrosoricida |
| Suborder: | Tenrecomorpha |
| Family: | Tenrecidae |
| Genus: | Oryzorictes |
| Species: | O. tetradactylus |
| Binomial name | |
| Oryzorictes tetradactylus Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, 1882 | |
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| Four-toed rice tenrec range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Oryzorictes teradactylus (orth. error) | |
References
- 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.
- Stephenson, P.J.; Soarimalala, V.; Goodman, S. (2016). "Oryzorictes tetradactylus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T40591A97203290. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T40591A97203290.en. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
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