Max's short-tailed gymnure

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Max's short-tailed gymnure
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
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

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

  1. "Hylomys maxi (id=1006797)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.
  2. 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: zlad177. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad177 .