Hylomys
Genus of mammals
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hylomys is a small genus of the family Erinaceidae.[2] Hylomys species, like all species in the subfamily Galericinae, are known as gymnures or moonrats. Their closest relatives include the fossil Lantanotherium and Thaiagymnura and the living Neotetracus and Neohylomys. Members of this genus are found in Southeast Asia and Eastern Asia.
| Hylomys[1] | |
|---|---|
| |
| Hylomys suillus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Erinaceidae |
| Subfamily: | Galericinae |
| Genus: | Hylomys S. Müller, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Hylomys suillus S. Müller, 1840 | |
| Species | |
|
See text | |
Species
- Hylomys parvus Robinson & Kloss, 1916 (Dwarf gymnure)
- Hylomys suillus S. Müller, 1840 (Short-tailed gymnure)
- Hylomys dorsalis (Bornean short-tailed gymnure)
- Hylomys maxi (Max's short-tailed gymnure)
- Hylomys macarong (Dalat gymnure)
- Hylomys peguensis (Northern short-tailed gymnure)
- Hylomys vorax (Leuser gymnure)
