Otohylomys megalotis

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: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla

Familia: Erinaceidae
Subfamilia: Galericinae
Genus: Otohylomys
Species: Otohylomys megalotis

Name

Otohylomys megalotis (Jenkins & Robinson, 2002)

• Holotype: BMNH 1999.44, ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by Mark F. Robinson on 15 January 1999.
• Type locality: “Environs on Ban Muang and Ban Doy, c 18 km North of Thakhek, Thakhek district, Khammouan Limestone National Biodiversity Conservation Area, Khammouan Province, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, 17°33'15"N 104°49'30"E”.

Combinations

• Hylomys megalotis Jenkins & Robinson, 2002: 2 [original combination]
• Otohylomys megalotis Bannikova et al., 2014: 515 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Jenkins, P.D. & Robinson, M.F. 2002. Another variation on the gymnure theme: description of a new species of Hylomys (Lipotyphla, Erinaceidae, Galericinae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum: Zoology Series 68(1): 1–11. DOI: 10.1017/S0968047002000018 ; BHL Reference page. 
• Bannikova, A.A., Lebedev, V.S., Abramov, A.V. & Rozhnov, V.V. 2014. Contrasting evolutionary history of hedgehogs and gymnures (Mammalia: Erinaceomorpha) as inferred from a multigene study. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 112(3): 499–519. DOI: 10.1111/bij.12299 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Langohr-Rattenigel
English: Long-eared Gymnure