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| Max's short-tailed gymnure | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Eulipotyphla |
| Family: | Erinaceidae |
| Genus: | Hylomys |
| Species: | H. maxi |
| Binomial name | |
| Hylomys maxi Sody, 1933 | |
Max's short-tailed gymnure (Hylomys maxi) is a gymnure that lives in Malaysia and Indonesia.[1] It was previously recognized as a subspecies of H. suillus, but now is regarded as a full species.[2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]In Sumatra (Indonesia), this species has been found between 100 and 2,000 m (330 and 6,560 ft) above sea level.[2] On the Malay Peninsula, its range is restricted to between 600 and 1,700 m (2,000 and 5,600 ft) above sea level.[2] Its northern range on the peninsula may extend into very southern Thailand.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Hylomys maxi (id=1006797)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.
- 1 2 3 4 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. 202 (2) zlad177. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad177. hdl:10261/385911.
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