Oryzorictes tetradactylus

A. Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, 1882

Four-toed 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

Milne-Edwards, A. and Grandidier, A. 1882-04-01. Description. d'une nouvelle espèce d'insectivore de Madagascar. Le Naturaliste 4(7):55.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33927207

Original name as described

Oryzorictes tetradactylus

Other common names

Four-toed Mole Tenrec

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1887-873

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1887-873

Type locality

"du plateau d'Emirne." Restricted by P. Viette in 1991 to Imerina, Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000514

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 tetradactylus

A. Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, 1882

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

tetradactylus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1887-873

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1887-873

Authority page

55

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33927207

Authority publication

Le Naturaliste

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)
  5. Bronner & Jenkins (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9688)
  6. Everson, Soarimalala, Goodman & Olson (2016:903) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35685)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000514) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40591/97203290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Oryzoryctes niger

Forsyth Major, 1896

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.9.1.79

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a32747cc-b183-4f5d-afc0-60624f9cf62e

Authority page

322

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19211265

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Nesoryctes tetradactylus

(O. Thomas, 1918)

Family

Tenrecidae

Root name

tetradactylus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

307

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16002939

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1918:307, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16002939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13455)

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