Oryzorictes tetradactylus Milne-Edwards and A. Grandidier 1882

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Afrosoricida, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 71-81 : 75

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Oryzorictes tetradactylus Milne-Edwards and A. Grandidier 1882
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Oryzorictes tetradactylus Milne-Edwards and A. Grandidier 1882 View in CoL

Oryzorictes tetradactylus Milne-Edwards and A. Grandidier 1882 View in CoL , Le Naturaliste, 4: 55.

Type Locality: "Du plateau d’Emirne" [Imerina, Madagascar ( Viette, 1991)].

Vernacular Names: Four-toed Rice Tenrec.

Synonyms: Oryzorictes niger Major 1896 .

Distribution: Eastern humid forest and central highlands of C and E Madagascar.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Nesoryctes (see Heim de Balsac [1972] and Genest and Petter [1975]). O. niger is considered a melanistic form of tetradactylus , see Thomas (1918 a).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Afrosoricida

Family

Tenrecidae

Genus

Oryzorictes

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Oryzorictes tetradactylus Milne-Edwards and A. Grandidier 1882

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Oryzorictes tetradactylus

Milne-Edwards and A. Grandidier 1882: 55
1882
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