The four-toed rice tenrec (''Oryzorictes tetradactylus'') is a species of
mammal in the family
Tenrecidae. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical shrubland, grassland, and moist forests, and swamps.
References
Afrosoricida
Mammals of Madagascar
Fauna of the Madagascar subhumid forests
Mammals described in 1882
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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