Hylomys dorsalis

O. Thomas, 1888

Bornean Short-tailed Gymnure

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1888-10-31. Diagnoses of four new mammals from the Malayan Region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)2(11):407-409.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25123455

Original name as described

Hylomys suillus dorsalis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1895.10.4.2

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.12685.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.12685.b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e0dd10f9-8b58-49c5-bf6a-e89bb2de27c2

Type locality

"Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo" (= Gunung Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia, 2438 m a.s.l.).

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia · Malaysia · Brunei

Taxonomy notes

split from H. suillus

Taxonomy notes citation

Abd Wahab, M. F., Motokawa, M., & Anwarali Khan, F. A. (2022). Phylogenetic relationships and morphological variation of Gymnures (Galericidae: Hylomys) from Genting Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia. Sains Malaysiana, 51(10), 3125-3141. · Hinckley, A., Camacho-Sanchez, M., Chua, M. A., Ruedi, M., Lunde, D., Maldonado, J. E., ... & Hawkins, M. T. (2023). An integrative taxonomic revision of lesser gymnures (Eulipotyphla: Hylomys) reveals five new species and emerging patterns of local endemism in Tropical East Asia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlad177.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006795

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.

Hylomys suillus dorsalis

O. Thomas, 1888

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

dorsalis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1895.10.4.2

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.12685.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.12685.b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e0dd10f9-8b58-49c5-bf6a-e89bb2de27c2

Authority page

407

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25123455

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9704)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)

Hylomys dorsalis

A. Hinckley, Camacho-Sanchez, Chua, Ruedi, D. Lunde, Maldonado, Omar, J. A. Leonard, & M. T. R. Hawkins, 2023

Family

Erinaceidae

Root name

dorsalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

24

Authority publication

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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