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Genus of mammals

Rice tenrecs

Oryzoryctes hova
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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
Oryzorictes hova Oryzorictes tetradactylus

Red: Oryzorictes hova, Blue: Oryzorictes tetradactylus, Purple: both species

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)

References

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.

Extant Afrosoricida species

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Infraclass Eutheria
Superorder Afrotheria

Suborder Tenrecomorpha

Potamogalidae

Micropotamogale	Nimba otter shrew (M. lamottei) Ruwenzori otter shrew (M. ruwenzorii)
Potamogale	Giant otter shrew (P. velox)

Tenrecidae
(Tenrecs)

Geogalinae

Geogale	Large-eared tenrec (G. aurita)

Oryzorictinae

Microgale	Short-tailed shrew tenrec (M. brevicaudata) Cowan's shrew tenrec (M. cowani) Drouhard's shrew tenrec (M. drouhardi) Dryad shrew tenrec (M. dryas) Pale shrew tenrec (M. fotsifotsy) Gracile shrew tenrec (M. gracilis) Naked-nosed shrew tenrec (M. gymnorhyncha) Jenkins' shrew tenrec (M. jenkinsae) Northern shrew tenrec (M. jobihely) Lesser long-tailed shrew tenrec (M. longicaudata) Major's long-tailed tenrec (M. majori) Web-footed tenrec (M. mergulus) Montane shrew tenrec (M. monticola) Nasolo's shrew tenrec (M. nasoloi) Pygmy shrew tenrec (M. parvula) Greater long-tailed shrew tenrec (M. principula) Least shrew tenrec (M. pusilla) Shrew-toothed shrew tenrec (M. soricoides) Taiva shrew tenrec (M. taiva) Thomas's shrew tenrec (M. thomasi)
Nesogale	Dobson's shrew tenrec (N. dobsoni) Talazac's shrew tenrec (N. talazaci)
Oryzorictes (Rice tenrecs)	Mole-like rice tenrec (O. hova) Four-toed rice tenrec (O. tetradactylus)

Tenrecinae

Echinops	Lesser hedgehog tenrec (E. telfairi)
Hemicentetes	Highland streaked tenrec (H. nigriceps) Lowland streaked tenrec (H. semispinosus)
Setifer	Greater hedgehog tenrec (S. setosus)
Tenrec	Tailless tenrec (T. ecaudatus)

Suborder Chrysochloridea (golden moles)

Chrysochlorinae

Carpitalpa

Arends's golden mole (C. arendsi)

Chlorotalpa

Chrysochloris

Subgenus Chrysochloris:	Cape golden mole (C. asiatica) Visagie's golden mole (C. visagiei)
Subgenus Kilimatalpa:	Stuhlmann's golden mole (C. stuhlmanni)

Chrysospalax

Cryptochloris

Eremitalpa

Grant's golden mole (E. granti)

Amblysominae

Amblysomus

Calcochloris

Subgenus Huetia:	Congo golden mole (C. leucorhinus)
Subgenus Calcochloris:	Yellow golden mole (C. obtusirostris)
Subgenus incertae sedis:	Somali golden mole (C. tytonis)

Neamblysomus

Taxon identifiers
Oryzorictes	Wikidata: Q601858 Wikispecies: Oryzorictes ADW: Oryzorictes CoL: 63GKM EoL: 111065 GBIF: 2432110 iNaturalist: 42469 IRMNG: 1221486 ITIS: 633431 MSW: 11100031 NCBI: 94434 Open Tree of Life: 680970 Paleobiology Database: 253442

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