Hylomys
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| Hylomys[1] | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Erinaceomorpha |
| Family: | Erinaceidae |
| Subfamily: | Galericinae |
| Genus: | Hylomys Müller, 1840 |
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Hylomys is a small genus of the family Erinaceidae. Hylomys species, like all species in the subfamily Galericinae, are known as gymnures or moonrats. Their closest relatives include the fossil Lantanotherium and Thaiagymnura and the living Neotetracus and Neohylomys.
Members of this genus are found in Southeast Asia and Eastern Asia.
[edit] Species
- Hylomys engesseri Mein & Ginsburg, 1997 (fossil)
- Hylomys megalotis Jenkins & M. F. Robinson, 2002 (Long-eared Gymnure)
- Hylomys parvus Robinson & Kloss, 1916 (Dwarf Gymnure)
- Hylomys suillus Müller, 1840 (Short-tailed Gymnure)
[edit] References
- ^ Hutterer, Rainer (16 November 2005). Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M.. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 218. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
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