Podogymnura truei

Podogymnura truei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Erinaceidae
Genus: Podogymnura
Species:
P. truei
Binomial name
Podogymnura truei
Mearns, 1905

Podogymnura truei, also known as the Mindanao gymnure, Mindanao moonrat, or Mindanao wood shrew, is a mammal of the family Erinaceidae.[2] It is endemic to the Mindanao islands of the Philippines.[1] Erinaceidae is a family of small mammals that include the gymnures, also known as the silky furred moonrats, and the hedgehogs. Animals belonging to this family are significant because they are among the oldest known placental mammals that are alive.[3] Gymnures are relatives of hedgehogs but lack the prickly spines. Four species are categorized in the genus Podogymnura: P. aureospinula, P. intermedia, P. minima, and P. truei.[4] All share a close resemblance to the moonrat Echinosorex gymnura, which is commonly found on the Borneo, Sumatra, and the Malay Peninsulas.[5]

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  3. ^ He, K.; Chen, J-H.; Gould, GC; Yamaguchi, N.; Ai, H-S (2012). "An Estimation of Erinaceidae Phylogeny: A Combined Analysis Approach". PLOS ONE. 7 (6): e39304. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...739304H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039304. PMC 3380021. PMID 22745729.
  4. ^ Balete, Danilo S.; Heaney, Lawrence Richard; Rickart, Eric A.; Quidlat, Roselyn S.; Rowsey, Dakota M.; Olson, Link E. (2023-01-13). "A re-assessment of diversity among Philippine gymnures (Mammalia: Erinaceidae: Podogymnura), with a new species from eastern Mindanao". Zootaxa. 5228 (3): 244–266. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5228.3.2. PMID 37044652.
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