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.

Original name as described

Oryzorictes tetradactylus

Other common names

Four-toed Mole Tenrec

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1887-873

Type kind

holotype

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

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