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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER AFROSORICIDA
--> SUBORDER TENRECOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Tenrecidae
--> SUBFAMILY Oryzorictinae
--> GENUS Oryzorictes
SPECIES Oryzorictes hova
| Author: | A. Grandidier, 1870. | | Citation: | Revue Mag. Zool., 22: 50. | | Common Name: | Mole-like Rice Tenrec | | Type Locality: | "Ankaye et Antsianak" [Ankay, along the Mangoro River, near Lac Alaotra and Antsianaka, region E of Lac Alaotra, Madagascar (Viette, 1991)]. | | Distribution: | Northern highlands, eastern humid forest and central highlands of N, NW, E and S Madagascar. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Oryzorictes. Includes talpoides (see Goodman et al., 1999a). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
talpoides G. Grandidier and Petit, 1930
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