Hylomys
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.
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| Hylomys suillus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Erinaceidae |
| Subfamily: | Galericinae |
| Genus: | Hylomys S. Müller, 1840 |
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Members of this genus are found in Southeast Asia and Eastern Asia.
Subspecies of this genus include: Hylomys Muller, Hylomys suillus from Combodia and Vietnam, and Hylomis sinensis. [2]
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 S. Müller, 1840 (Short-tailed gymnure)
References
- Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Bochkov, Andre V., and Barry M. Oconnor. “Hylomysobia Gen. n. (Acari: Myobiidae), a New Genus of Mites Parasitic on Gymnures of the Genus Hylomys (Eulipotyphla: Erinaceidae).” Folia Parasitologica, vol. 53, no. 4, 2006, pp. 302–310., doi:10.14411/fp.2006.037.
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