Northern short-tailed gymnure

Northern short-tailed gymnure
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Erinaceidae
Genus: Hylomys
Species:
H. peguensis
Binomial name
Hylomys peguensis
Blyth, 1859

The northern short-tailed gymnure (Hylomys peguensis) is a gymnure in China, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, and peninsular Malaysia.[1][2] It was previously recognized as a subspecies of H. suillus, but now is regarded as a full species.[1]

  1. ^ a b Hinckley, A.; Camacho-Sanchez, M.; et al. (2023). "An integrative taxonomic revision of lesser gymnures (Eulipotyphla: Hylomys) reveals five new species and emerging patterns of local endemism in Tropical East Asia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: zlad177. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad177.
  2. ^ "Hylomys peguensis (id=1006798)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.