Hainan gymnure
The Hainan gymnure (Neohylomys hainanensis) or Hainan moonrat is a species of mammal in the family Erinaceidae. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It was thought to be endemic to the island of Hainan, China where it is threatened due to habitat loss, but in 2018 was found to also occur in, and be rather common, within Northern Vietnam.[2]
| Hainan gymnure | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Erinaceidae |
| Subfamily: | Galericinae |
| Genus: | Neohylomys Shaw and Wong, 1959 |
| Species: | N. hainanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Neohylomys hainanensis Shaw & Wong, 1959 | |
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| Hainan gymnure range | |
It is in the monotypic genus Neohylomys.
References
- Johnston, C. & Smith, A.T. (2016). "Neohylomys hainanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T10588A22326961. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T10588A22326961.en.
- Rozhnov, Viatcheslav V.; Lebedev, Vladimir S.; Bannikova, Anna A.; Abramov, Alexei V. (2018-05-11). "A broadly distributed species instead of an insular endemic? A new find of the poorly known Hainan gymnure (Mammalia, Lipotyphla)". ZooKeys (795): 77–81. doi:10.3897/zookeys.795.28218. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 6232251. PMID 30429659.
- Insectivore Specialist Group 1996. Hylomys hainanensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
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