Four-toed Rice Tenrec

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Four-toed Rice Tenrec[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Afrosoricida
Family: Tenrecidae
Genus: Oryzorictes
Subgenus: Nesoryctes
Species: O. tetradactylus
Binomial name
Oryzorictes tetradactylus
Milne-Edwards & A. Grandidier, 1882

The Four-toed Rice Tenrec (Oryzorictes tetradactylus) is a species of mammal in the Tenrecidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and swamps.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bronner, Gary N.; Jenkins, Paulina D. (November 16, 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 75. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b Afrotheria Specialist Group (Tenrec Section), Goodman, S., Jenkins, P. & Olson, L. (2006). Oryzorictes teradactylus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
Languages