Short-tailed gymnure

Species of mammal

Short-tailed gymnure

Hylomys suillus

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Mammalia
Order:  | Eulipotyphla
Family:  | Erinaceidae
Genus:  | Hylomys
Species:  |

H. suillus[1]

Binomial name
Hylomys suillus[1]

S. Müller, 1840

Short-tailed gymnure range

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The short-tailed gymnure (Hylomys suillus) is a small mammal from the family of the Erinaceidae. The scientific name of the species is first published by Salomon Müller in 1840.

## Description[edit]

The upperparts of the short-tailed gymnure are reddish brown to dark brown, with a grey tinge. The underparts are light grey, with white-tipped hairs. It resembles a large shrew, with a long snout and a very short hairless tail. It also has rounded, leathery ears.[3] The head and body length is 12–14 cm (4.7–5.5 in) and the tail length measures 2–3 cm (0.79–1.18 in)[4]

## Habits and habitat[edit]

The short-tailed gymnure is active both during day and at night. It lives in hilly and montane forests up to 3,000 m (9,800 ft), and sometimes in humid lowland forests. It feeds mainly on insects on the ground but also sometimes takes fruit. It normally does not live any longer than 2 years.[4]

## Distribution[edit]

The species lives mainly in Southeast Asia (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam), but it is also found in China.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 218\. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. ^ Chiozza, F. (2016). "Hylomys suillus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40611A115175083.
3. ^ Feldhamer, George; et al. (2015). Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology (fourth ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 285\. ISBN 978-1-4214-1588-8.
4. ^ a b c Shepherd, Chris R.; Shepherd, Loretta Ann (2012). A Naturalist's Guide to the Mammals of Southeast Asia. Wiltshire: John BeauFoy Publishing. p. 14\. ISBN 978-1-906780-71-5.

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Extant Erinaceidae species by subfamily

* Kingdom Animalia
* Phylum Chordata
* Class Mammalia
* Infraclass Eutheria
* Superorder Laurasiatheria
* Order Eulipotyphla

Erinaceinae
(Hedgehogs)|

| Atelerix|

* Four-toed hedgehog (A. albiventris)
* North African hedgehog (A. algirus)
* Southern African hedgehog (A. frontalis)
* Somali hedgehog (A. sclateri)

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Erinaceus|

* Amur hedgehog (E. amurensis)
* Southern white-breasted hedgehog (E. concolor)
* West European hedgehog (E. europaeus)
* Northern white-breasted hedgehog (E. roumanicus)

Hemiechinus|

* Long-eared hedgehog (H. auritus)
* Indian long-eared hedgehog (H. collaris)

Mesechinus|

* Daurian hedgehog (M. dauuricus)
* Hugh's hedgehog (M. hughi)

Paraechinus|

* Desert hedgehog (P. aethiopicus)
* Brandt's hedgehog (P. hypomelas)
* Indian hedgehog (P. micropus)
* Bare-bellied hedgehog (P. nudiventris)

Galericinae
(Gymnures)|

| Echinosorex|

* Moonrat (E. gymnura)

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Hylomys|

* Long-eared gymnure (H. megalotis)
* Dwarf gymnure (H. parvus)
* Short-tailed gymnure (H. suillus)

Neohylomys|

* Hainan gymnure (N. hainanensis)

Neotetracus|

* Shrew gymnure (N. sinensis)

Podogymnura|

* Dinagat gymnure (P. aureospinula)
* Eastern Mindanao gymnure (P. intermedia)
* Mindanao gymnure (P. truei)

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q602913
* Wikispecies: Hylomys suillus
* ADW: Hylomys_suillus
* BOLD: 73549
* CoL: 6MNPV
* EoL: 1037710
* Fossilworks: 114942
* GBIF: 2437169
* iNaturalist: 43015
* IRMNG: 10597190
* ITIS: 552527
* IUCN: 40611
* MSW: 13600061
* NCBI: 48897

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