Oryzorictes hova

A. Grandidier, 1870

Mole-like Rice Tenrec

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Atlantogenata
Superorder : Afrotheria
Order : Afrosoricida
Suborder : Tenrecomorpha
Family : Tenrecidae
Subfamily : Oryzorictinae
Genus : Oryzorictes

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Grandidier, A. 1870-02. Description de quelques animaux nouveaux, découverts à Madagascar, en novembre 1869. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée (2)22:49-50.

Original name as described

Oryzorictes hova

Other common names

Fossorial Tenrec · Hova Mole Tenrec · Hova Rice Tenrec

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1887-874

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Ankaye et Antsianak." Restricted by P. Viette in 1991 to Ankay, along the Mangoro River, near Lac Alaotra and Antsianaka, region east of Lac Alaotra, Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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