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.
| Four-toed rice tenrec | |
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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 | |
| Four-toed rice tenrec range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Oryzorictes teradactylus (orth. error) | |
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