- Rice tenrec
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Rice tenrecs[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Afrosoricida Family: Tenrecidae Genus: Oryzorictes
Grandidier, 1870Species - Oryzorictes hova
- Oryzorictes tetradactylus
Rice tenrecs are the two species in the genus Oryzorictes. They are mammals in the Tenrecidae family. It contains the following species:
- Mole-like Rice Tenrec (Oryzorictes hova)
- Four-toed Rice Tenrec (Oryzorictes tetradactylus)
References
- ^ Bronner, Gary N.; Jenkins, Paulina D. (16 November 2005). "Order Afrosoricida (pp. 71-81)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 75. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
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