Hylomys

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Hylomys[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Erinaceomorpha
Family: Erinaceidae
Subfamily: Galericinae
Genus: Hylomys
Müller, 1840
Species

Hylomys megalotis
Hylomys parvus
Hylomys suillus

Hylomys is a genus of the family Erinaceidae. Hylomys species, like all species in the subfamily Galericinae are known as gymnures or moonrats. Their closest relatives, all fossils, include Lantanotherium and Thaiagymnurus.

The genus is distributed across eastern Asia.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hutterer, Rainer (2005-11-16). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 218. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.