Mole-like rice tenrec: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the mole-like rice tenrec lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Oryzorictes hova
Group	Pangolins, hyraxes & other mammals
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Afrosoricida
Family	Tenrecidae

Where does the mole-like rice tenrec live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the mole-like rice tenrec in 1 country or territory across Africa. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Madagascar.

Madagascar

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the mole-like rice tenrec endangered?

The mole-like rice tenrec’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the mole-like rice tenrec?

The mole-like rice tenrec (Oryzorictes hova) is a mammal in the order Afrosoricida and the family Tenrecidae, genus Oryzorictes. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the mole-like rice tenrec

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Mole-like rice tenrec (revision 1314668747), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1762812 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).