Mole-like rice tenrec
| Mole-like rice tenrec[1] | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Afrosoricida |
| Family: | Tenrecidae |
| Genus: | Oryzorictes |
| Subgenus: | Oryzorictes |
| Species: | O. hova |
| Binomial name | |
| Oryzorictes hova A. Grandidier, 1870 | |
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| Mole-like rice tenrec range | |
| Synonyms | |
|
talpoides G. Grandidier & Petit, 1930 | |
The mole-like rice tenrec (Oryzorictes hova), also known as the fossorial tenrec or hova rice tenrec, is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, swamps, freshwater lakes, irrigated land, and seasonally flooded agricultural land. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]
References
- ↑ Bronner, G.N.; Jenkins, P.D. (2005). "Order Afrosoricida". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- 1 2 Afrotheria Specialist Group (Tenrec Section), Raherisehena, M. & Goodman, S. (2008). Oryzorictes hova. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
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