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.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33761478

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 specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1887-874

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000513

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Oryzorictes hova

A. Grandidier, 1870

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

hova

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1887-874

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1887-874

Authority page

50

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33761478

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1918:307, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16002939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13455)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Hutterer (1993:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)
  6. Bronner & Jenkins (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9688)
  7. Everson, Soarimalala, Goodman & Olson (2016:903) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35685)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40589) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40589) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000513) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40589/97203050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Oryzoryctes hova

Trouessart, 1880

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

hova

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

275

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150472

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

Trouessart (1880:275, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150472) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58782)

Oryzoryctes talpoides

G. Grandidier & M. Petit, 1930

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

talpoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1985-1616

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1985-1616

Authority page

498

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52082802

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Bronner & Jenkins (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9688)

Oryzorictes talpoides

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

talpoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

22

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Hutterer (1993:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65737)

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