Neotetracus sinensis

Trouessart, 1909

Shrew Gymnure

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Trouessart, É.L. 1909-10-01. _Neotetracus sinensis_, a new insectivore of the family Erinaceidæ. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)4(22):389-391.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097769

Original name as described

Neotetracus sinensis

Other common names

Chinese Moonrat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1911-1180

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1911-1180 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8b34be16-ce17-4093-af00-6ebbce73aea6

Type locality

"Ta-tsien-lou, province of Se-tchouen (China Occidental), at an altitude of 2545 metres." Interpreted by D. R. Frost and colleagues in 1991 as "Kanding, Sichuan Sheng, 30°07'N, 102°02'E," China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

China · Myanmar · Vietnam

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003827

Country distribution map

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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.

Neotetracus sinensis cuttingi

H. E. Anthony, 1941

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

cuttingi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-115503

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-115503

Authority page

58

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2771905

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Neotetracus sinensis fulvescens

Osgood, 1932

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

fulvescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1932.4.19.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/78057686-d846-4182-b8f7-7630562c0dd2

Authority page

239

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747062

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Neotetracus sinensis hypolineatus

Wang Yingxiang & Li Chongyun, 1982

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

hypolineatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KIZ 76310

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

427

Authority publication

Zoological Research

Neotetracus sinensis

Trouessart, 1909

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

sinensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1911-1180

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1911-1180 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8b34be16-ce17-4093-af00-6ebbce73aea6

Authority page

390

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097769

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003827) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10590/22325953) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Neotetracus sinensis sinensis

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

sinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

297

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

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