Echinosorex gymnura

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eulipotyphla
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla

Familia: Erinaceidae
Subfamilia: Galericinae
Genus: Echinosorex
Species: Echinosorex gymnura
Subspecies: E. g. alba – E. g. gymnura

Name

Echinosorex gymnura (Raffles, 1822)

Type locality: Not given; "Sumatra" [Indonesia] implied.

Synonyms

Echinosorex birmanica (Trouessart, 1879)
Echinosorex borneotica (Fitzinger, 1868)
Echinosorex candida (Günther, 1876)
Echinosorex minor (Lyon, 1909)
Echinosorex rafflesii (Lesson, 1827)

References

Raffles, T. S. 1821. "Descriptive catalogue of a zoological collection, made on account of the honorable East Indian Company, in the island of Sumatra and its vicinity, under the direction of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Fort Marlborough, with additional notices illurstrative of the natural history." Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 13:239-274 (272).
Echinosorex gymnura in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Echinosorex gymnura (Raffles, 1822) (Least Concern)
Echinosorex gymnura (Raffles, 1822) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

беларуская: Звычайная гімнура
Deutsch: Großer Rattenigel
English: Greater Moonrat
magyar: Nagy szőrössün
日本語: ジムヌラ
polski: Gołyszek
ไทย: หนูเหม็น, สาโท
Türkçe: Tüylü kirpi

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