Rice tenrec

Rice tenrecs[1]
Oryzoryctes hova
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Afrosoricida
Suborder: Tenrecomorpha
Family: Tenrecidae
Subfamily: Oryzorictinae
Genus:
Grandidier, 1870
Type species
Oryzorictes hova
Species
Red: Oryzorictes hova, Blue: Oryzorictes tetradactylus, Purple: both species
Synonyms[1]
  • Oryzoryctes Trouessart, 1879
  • Nesoryctes Thomas, 1918

Rice tenrecs are the two species in the Malagasy genus Oryzorictes. They are mammals in the family Tenrecidae. It contains the following species:

References

  1. ^ a b 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.