Four-toed Rice Tenrec

Four-toed Rice TenrecThe four-toed rice tenrec is a mole tenrec from Madagascar. Digging forepaws are shared by multiple species in the genus Oryzorictes.What does it look like?Mole tenrecs in the genus Oryzorictes have large forepaws adapted for digging and small eyes.How does it live?The four-toed rice tenrec is a mole tenrec from Madagascar. Digging forepaws are shared by multiple species in the genus Oryzorictes.There are records of tenrecs in the genus Oryzorictes being found in rice fields.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.