Neotetracus

Neotetracus; Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Erinaceidae
Subfamily:	Galericinae
Genus:	Neotetracus ; Trouessart, 1909
Type species
	Neotetracus sinensis ; Trouessart, 1909
Species
	Neotetracus sinensis ; † Neotetracus butleri ;

Last updated October 03, 2025

Neotetracus is a genus of gymnure that contains a single extant species, the shrew gymnure (Neotetracus sinensis) of China and Southeast Asia.

Another fossil species is also known from the Miocene of Thailand, Neotetracus butleri .^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Mein, P.; Ginsburg, L. (1997). "Les mammifères du gisement miocène inférieur de Li Mae Long, Thaïlande : systématique, biostratigraphie et paléoenvironnement". Geodiversitas. 19 (4): 783–844.
↑ Wilson, Don E. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 219.

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[1] Mein, P.; Ginsburg, L. (1997). "Les mammifères du gisement miocène inférieur de Li Mae Long, Thaïlande : systématique, biostratigraphie et paléoenvironnement". Geodiversitas. 19 (4): 783–844.

[2] Wilson, Don E. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 219.

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