Four-toed rice tenrec
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The four-toed rice tenrec (Oryzorictes tetradactylus) is a species of mammal in the family Tenrecidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical shrubland, grassland, and moist forests, and swamps.[2]
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Four-toed rice tenrec[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Afrosoricida |
Suborder: | Tenrecomorpha |
Family: | Tenrecidae |
Genus: | Oryzorictes |
Species: | O. tetradactylus |
Binomial name | |
Oryzorictes tetradactylus A. Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, 1882 | |
Four-toed rice tenrec range | |
Synonyms | |
Oryzorictes teradactylus (orth. error) |
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