Mole-like rice tenrec

Mole-like rice tenrec[1]
in Andasibe-Mantadia National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Afrosoricida
Suborder: Tenrecomorpha
Family: Tenrecidae
Genus: Oryzorictes
Species:
O. hova
Binomial name
Oryzorictes hova
Mole-like rice tenrec range
Synonyms

Oryzorictes 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 tenrec family. Like all other tenrecs, it is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist forests, swamps, freshwater lakes, and irrigated or seasonally flooded agricultural land.[2]

  1. ^ Bronner, G.N.; Jenkins, P.D. (2005). "Order Afrosoricida". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). 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.
  2. ^ a b Stephenson, P.J.; Soarimalala, V.; Goodman, S. (2016). "Oryzorictes hova". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40589A97203050. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T40589A97203050.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.