HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER AFROSORICIDA
--> SUBORDER TENRECOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Tenrecidae
--> SUBFAMILY Oryzorictinae
--> GENUS Oryzorictes
SPECIES Oryzorictes tetradactylus
Author: | Milne-Edwards and A. Grandidier, 1882. | Citation: | Le Naturaliste, 4: 55. | Common Name: | Four-toed Rice Tenrec | Type Locality: | "Du plateau d’Emirne" [Imerina, Madagascar (Viette, 1991)]. | Distribution: | Eastern humid forest and central highlands of C and E Madagascar. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Nesoryctes (see Heim de Balsac [1972] and Genest and Petter [1975]). O. niger is considered a melanistic form of tetradactylus, see Thomas (1918a). |
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