Rice tenrec
Genus of mammals
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Rice tenrecs are the two species in the Malagasy genus Oryzorictes. They are mammals in the family Tenrecidae. It contains the following species:
- Mole-like rice tenrec (Oryzorictes hova)
- Four-toed rice tenrec (Oryzorictes tetradactylus)
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| Rice tenrecs[1] | |
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| Oryzoryctes hova | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Afrosoricida |
| Suborder: | Tenrecomorpha |
| Family: | Tenrecidae |
| Subfamily: | Oryzorictinae |
| Genus: | Oryzorictes Grandidier, 1870 |
| Type species | |
| Oryzorictes hova Grandidier, 1870 | |
| Species | |
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| Red: Oryzorictes hova, Blue: Oryzorictes tetradactylus, Purple: both species | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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