Hylomys parvus

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1916

Dwarf Gymnure

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Eulipotyphla
Suborder: Erinaceota
Superfamily: Erinaceoidea
Family: Erinaceidae
Subfamily: Galericinae
Tribe: Hylomyini
Genus: Hylomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Robinson, H.C. and Kloss, C.B. 1916-07. Preliminary diagnoses of some new species and subspecies of mammals and birds obtained in Korinchi, West Sumatra, Feb.—June 1914. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 73:269-278.

Original name as described

Hylomys parvus

Other common names

Dwarf Moonrat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1919.11.5.12 (= FMSM 576/14)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Korinchi Peak, 10, 000' [= 3048 m], West Sumatra, " Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

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