Hylomys macarong

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

Dalat 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

Hinckley, A., Camacho-Sanchez, M., Chua, M.A.H., Ruedi, M., Lunde, D., Maldonado, J.E., Omar, H., Leonard, J.A. and Hawkins, M.T.R. 2023-12-21. 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 (in press).

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad177

Original name as described

Hylomys macarong

Type material

USNM:MAMM:320500

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"'Fyan, Lam Dong, Vietnam' (now known as Phú Sơn, Lâm Hà District, Viet Nam, 11.88° N, 108.2° E, c. 1200 m a.s.l.; source: US military intelligence)."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Vietnam

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

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

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