Bornean short-tailed gymnure
Appearance
Bornean short-tailed gymnure | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Erinaceidae |
Genus: | Hylomys |
Species: | H. dorsalis
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Binomial name | |
Hylomys dorsalis Thomas, 1888
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The Bornean short-tailed gymnure (Hylomys dorsalis) is a gymnure. It was previously recognized as a subspecies of H. suillus, but it was elevated to full species in 2023.[1]
It is endemic to mountain areas in the countries of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei[2] in northern Borneo.[1]
Description
[edit]Adults in the Bornean population display a distinct to faint black sagittal stripe, generally restricted to the nape/shoulder area, but can extend to the rump. [1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Hinckley, A.; Camacho-Sanchez, M.; et al. (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. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad177.
- ^ "Hylomus dorsalis (id=1006795)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.