The mole-like rice tenrec (Oryzorictes hova), also known as the fossorial tenrec or hova rice tenrec, is a species of mammal in the tenrec family. Like all other tenrecs, it is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist forests, swamps, freshwater lakes, and irrigated or seasonally flooded agricultural land.[2]
| Mole-like rice tenrec[1] | |
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| in Andasibe-Mantadia National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Afrosoricida |
| Suborder: | Tenrecomorpha |
| Family: | Tenrecidae |
| Genus: | Oryzorictes |
| Species: | O. hova
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| Binomial name | |
| Oryzorictes hova A. Grandidier, 1870
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| Mole-like rice tenrec range | |
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Oryzorictes talpoides G. Grandidier & Petit, 1930 | |
Biology
editOryzorictes hova eats insects like worms, and they spend some of their time above ground but mostly stay underground. They can also be found in rice fields.[3] Not much is known about their mating or reproduction, but the most offspring they have is 4.[4]
Due to allopatric speciation, the rice tenrec has been separated into 3 distinct populations across Madagascar. Each of these populations could be considered their own distinct species, but additional data is required for a formal description of the species.[5]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Stephenson, P.J.; Soarimalala, V.; Goodman, S. (2016). "Oryzorictes hova". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40589A97203050. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T40589A97203050.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Stephenson, P.J. (1993). "Reproductive Biology of the Large-Eared Tenrec, Geogale aurita (Insectivora : Tenrecidae)". Mammalia. 57 (4). doi:10.1515/mamm.1993.57.4.553. ISSN 0025-1461. S2CID 86651664.
- ^ Enders, A.C.; Blankenship, T.N.; Goodman, S.M.; Soarimalala, V.; Carter, A.M. (July 2007). "Placental Diversity in Malagasy Tenrecs: Placentation in Shrew Tenrecs (Microgale spp.), The Mole-Like Rice Tenrec (Oryzorictes hova) and The Web-Footed Tenrec (Limnogale mergulus)". Placenta. 28 (7): 748–759. doi:10.1016/j.placenta.2006.10.003. ISSN 0143-4004. PMID 17113148.
- ^ Everson, Kathryn M.; Hildebrandt, Kyndall B. P.; Goodman, Steven M.; Olson, Link E. (2018-09-01). "Caught in the act: Incipient speciation across a latitudinal gradient in a semifossorial mammal from Madagascar, the mole tenrec Oryzorictes hova (Tenrecidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 126: 74–84. Bibcode:2018MolPE.126...74E. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.02.024. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 29501374. S2CID 3662983.
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