Echinosorex gymnura

Echinosorex gymnura

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Erinaceomorpha
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Placentalia Ordo: Erinaceomorpha

Familia: Erinaceidae
Subfamilia: Galericinae
Genus: Echinosorex
Species: Echinosorex gymnura
Subspecies: E. g. alba – E. g. gymnura

Name

Echinosorex gymnura (Raffles, 1822)

Type locality: Not given; "Sumatra" [Indonesia] implied.

Synonyms

• Echinosorex birmanica (Trouessart, 1879)
• Echinosorex borneotica (Fitzinger, 1868)
• Echinosorex candida (Günther, 1876)
• Echinosorex minor (Lyon, 1909)
• Echinosorex rafflesii (Lesson, 1827)

References

• Raffles, T. S. 1821. "Descriptive catalogue of a zoological collection, made on account of the honorable East Indian Company, in the island of Sumatra and its vicinity, under the direction of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Fort Marlborough, with additional notices illurstrative of the natural history." Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 13:239-274 (272).
• Echinosorex gymnura in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214
• IUCN: Echinosorex gymnura (Raffles, 1822) (Least Concern)
• Echinosorex gymnura (Raffles, 1822) Report on ITIS

Vernacular name

English: Greater Moonrat
日本語: ジムヌラ
polski: Gołyszek
ไทย: หนูเหม็น, สาโท
Türkçe: Tüylü kirpi

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