Otohylomys megalotis

(P. D. Jenkins & M. F. Robinson, 2002)

Long-eared Gymnure

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Erinaceidae
Subfamily : Galericinae
Genus : Otohylomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Jenkins, P.D. and Robinson, M.F. 2002-06. Another variation on the gymnure theme: description of a new species of Hylomys (Lipotyphla, Erinaceidae, Galericinae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London (Zoology)68(1):1-11.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41008500

Original name as described

Hylomys megalotis

Other common names

Long-eared Moonrat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1999.44

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/07431d1e-44ee-4686-87f2-7513d892815a https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a8508c1c-ca32-421d-91f4-4fc8d6c8c7df https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f7731262-2ce2-49d6-a29a-f467acb2e1dd

Type locality

"Environs of Ban Muang and Ban Doy, c 18 km North of Thakhek, Thakhek district, Khammouan Limestone National Biodiversity Conservation Area, Khammouan Province, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, 17°33'15"N 104°49'30"E."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Laos

Taxonomy notes

moved from Hylomys to the recently described Otohylomys

Taxonomy notes citation

Bannikova, A. A., Lebedev, V. S., Abramov, A. V., & Rozhnov, V. V. (2014). Contrasting evolutionary history of hedgehogs and gymnures (Mammalia: Erinaceomorpha) as inferred from a multigene study. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 112(3), 499-519.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003823

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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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Hylomys megalotis

(P. D. Jenkins & M. F. Robinson, 2002)

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

megalotis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1999.44

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/07431d1e-44ee-4686-87f2-7513d892815a https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a8508c1c-ca32-421d-91f4-4fc8d6c8c7df https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f7731262-2ce2-49d6-a29a-f467acb2e1dd

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41008500

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:327) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136193/22324783) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Otohylomys megalotis

A. A. Bannikova, Lebedev, Abramov, & Rozhnov, 2014

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

megalotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

515

Authority publication

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Name usages

  1. Bannikova, Lebedev, Abramov & Rozhnov (2014:515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18526)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003823) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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