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] | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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. 2016: e.T40591A97203290. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T40591A97203290.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
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