Hylomys maxi

Sody, 1933

Max's 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

Sody, H.J.V. 1933-10-01. Ten new mammals from the Dutch East Indies. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)12(70):430-442.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933308673706

Original name as described

Hylomys suillus maxi

Type material

RMNH.MAM.23895.a, RMNH.MAM.23895.b

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Giesting, Lampoengs, S. Sumatra' (= Giesting, Mt. Tanggamus, Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia; c. –5.44, 104.71).

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Malaysia · Indonesia

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

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