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Gymnure
Gymnures, also called hairy hedgehogs or moonrats, are mammals belonging to the subfamily Galericinae, in the family Erinaceidae and the order Eulipotyphla. Gymnures resemble rats but are not closely related as they are not rodents; they are instead closely related to hedgehogs, which also belong to Erinaceidae. They are thought to have appeared in Eastern Asia before their closest relatives, and changed little from the original ancestor, which is thought to have been also the ancestor of the shrews. Description Although the gymnures are more closely related to the hedgehogs, full-grown gymnures superficially resemble large rats, shrews or opossums. The gymnure's body plan is believed to resemble that of the earliest mammals, with a large, toothy head about 1/3 the length of the total body, a naked furless tail for balance and thermoregulatory purposes, and a plantigrade stance. In direct contrast to the closely related hedgehogs, gymnures are not spiny. They also have an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erinaceidae
Erinaceidae is a family in the order Eulipotyphla, consisting of the hedgehogs and moonrats. Until recently, it was assigned to the order Erinaceomorpha, which has been subsumed with the paraphyletic Soricomorpha into Eulipotyphla. Eulipotyphla has been shown to be monophyletic; Soricomorpha is paraphyletic because Soricidae shared a more recent common ancestor with Erinaceidae than with other soricomorphs. Erinaceidae contains the well-known hedgehogs (subfamily Erinaceinae) of Eurasia and Africa and the gymnures or moonrats (subfamily Galericinae) of South-east Asia. This family was once considered part of the order Insectivora, but that polyphyletic order is now considered defunct. Characteristics Erinaceids are generally shrew-like in form, with long snouts and short tails. They are, however, much larger than shrews, ranging from in body length and in weight, in the case of the short-tailed gymnure, up to and in the moonrat. All but one species have five toes i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neohylomys
The Hainan gymnure (''Neohylomys hainanensis'') or Hainan moonrat is a species of mammal in the family Erinaceidae. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It was thought to be endemic to the island of Hainan, China where it is threatened due to habitat loss, but in 2018 was found to also occur in, and be rather common, within Northern Vietnam. This gymnure is in the monotypic genus ''Neohylomys''. Although previously considered part of the genus ''Hylomys'', gene sequencing of a mitochondrial cytochrome ''b'' gene supports the idea that the species is sufficiently distantly related to comprise a genus of its own. See also *List of endangered and protected species of China The endangered species of China may include any wildlife species designated for protection by the national government of China or listed as endangered by international organizations such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered S ... References Mammals describe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hylomys Suillus
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 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. The head and body length is and the tail length measures Habits and habitat This mammal is active both day and night. The species lives in hill and montane forests up to 3,000m, but sometimes in humid lowland forests. It feeds mainly on insects on the ground but it also takes some fruit sometimes. They normally don't live any longer than 2 years. Distribution The species lives mainly in Southeast Asia (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hylomys
''Hylomys'' is a small genus of the family Erinaceidae. ''Hylomys'' species, like all species in the subfamily Galericinae, are known as gymnures or moonrats. Their closest relatives include the fossil '' Lantanotherium'' and '' Thaiagymnura'' and the living '' Neotetracus'' and ''Neohylomys''. Members of this genus are found in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainlan ... and Eastern Asia. Species * '' Hylomys engesseri'' Mein & Ginsburg, 1997 (fossil) * '' Hylomys megalotis'' Jenkins & M. F. Robinson, 2002 (Long-eared gymnure) * '' Hylomys parvus'' Robinson & Kloss, 1916 (Dwarf gymnure) * '' Hylomys suillus'' S. Müller, 1840 (Short-tailed gymnure) References Gymnures Mammal genera Taxa named by Johannes Peter Müller {{erinaceidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echinosorex
The moonrat (''Echinosorex gymnura'') is a southeast Asian species of mammal in the family Erinaceidae (hedgehogs and gymnures). It is the only species in the genus ''Echinosorex''. The moonrat is a fairly small, primarily carnivorous animal which, despite its name, is not closely related to rats or other rodents. The scientific name is sometimes given as ''Echinosorex gymnurus'', but this is incorrect. Description The moonrat has a distinct pungent odor with strong ammonia content, different from the musky smell of carnivorans. There are two subspecies: ''E. g. gymnura'' is found in Sumatra and the Thai-Malay Peninsula; ''E. g. alba'' is found in Borneo. In the former the head and frontal half of the body are white or grey-white; the remaining is mainly black. The latter subspecies is generally white (''alba'' means white in Latin), with a sparse scattering of black hairs; it appears totally white from a distance. Those from western Borneo tend to have a greater proportion of bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eulipotyphla
Eulipotyphla (, which means "truly fat and blind") is an order of mammals suggested by molecular methods of phylogenetic reconstruction, which includes the laurasiatherian members of the now-invalid polyphyletic order Lipotyphla, but not the afrotherian members (tenrecs, golden moles, and otter shrews, now in their own order Afrosoricida). Eulipotyphla comprises the hedgehogs and gymnures (family Erinaceidae, formerly also the order Erinaceomorpha), solenodons (family Solenodontidae), the desmans, moles, and shrew-like moles (family Talpidae) and true shrews (family Soricidae). True shrews, talpids and solenodons were formerly grouped in Soricomorpha; however, Soricomorpha has been found to be paraphyletic, since erinaceids are the sister group of shrews, and they are more closely linked to the Carnivora order; (such as cats, dogs, bears, skunks, badgers, etc.). It is the sister clade of Scrotifera; together, they make up Laurasiatheria. Classification ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deinogalerix
''Deinogalerix'' (from Ancient Greek, "terrible/terror" + ''Galerix'') is an extinct genus of gymnure which lived in Italy in the Late Miocene, 7-10 million years ago. The genus was apparently endemic to what was then the island of Gargano, which is now a peninsula. The first specimens of ''Deinogalerix'' were first described in 1972. The genus is in the hedgehog subfamily of gymnures or moon-rats, which are not rats at all, but rather hairy, superficially rat-like relatives of the hedgehog lacking quills. ''Deinogalerix'' had a long, thin, conical face, small pointed ears, a lengthy, tapering tail and long hairs. ''Deinogalerix koenigswaldi''s skull was long and the entire body measured . It occupied the same ecological niche as dogs and cats today, except that it had more predators itself - such as the enormous barn owl '' Tyto gigantea''. It is believed that the species of ''Deinogalerix'' were insectivores, mostly feeding off invertebrates like beetles, dragonfli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neotetracus
''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 Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ..., '' Neotetracus butleri''. References Mammal genera Mammal genera with one living species Gymnures {{Mammal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galerix
''Galerix'' is a prehistoric genus of gymnures. Fossils of these hedgehog-like creatures are found in Europe, Africa, and Asia. Taxonomy Nine species are recognized as members of the genus: *''Galerix aurelianensis'' *''Galerix exilis'' *''Galerix kostakii'' *''Galerix remmerti'' *''Galerix rutlandae'' *''Galerix saratji'' *''Galerix stehlini'' *''Galerix symeonidisi'' *''Galerix uenayae ''Galerix'' is a prehistoric genus of gymnures. Fossils of these hedgehog-like creatures are found in Europe, Africa, and Asia. Taxonomy Nine species are recognized as members of the genus: *'' Galerix aurelianensis'' *'' Galerix exilis'' *'' ...'' References Gymnures Prehistoric Eulipotyphla Oligocene mammals of Africa Miocene mammals of Africa Pliocene mammals of Africa Oligocene mammals of Asia Miocene mammals of Asia Pliocene mammals of Asia Oligocene mammals of Europe Miocene mammals of Europe Pliocene mammals of Europe Fossil taxa described in 1848 Prehistoric pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedgehog
A hedgehog is a spiny mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae, in the eulipotyphlan family Erinaceidae. There are seventeen species of hedgehog in five genera found throughout parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa, and in New Zealand by introduction. There are no hedgehogs native to Australia and no living species native to the Americas. However, the extinct genus '' Amphechinus'' was once present in North America. Hedgehogs share distant ancestry with shrews (family Soricidae), with gymnures possibly being the intermediate link, and they have changed little over the last fifteen million years. Like many of the first mammals, they have adapted to a nocturnal way of life. Their spiny protection resembles that of porcupines, which are rodents, and echidnas, a type of monotreme. Etymology The name ''hedgehog'' came into use around the year 1450, derived from the Middle English ''heyghoge'', from ''heyg'', ''hegge'' ("hedge"), because it frequents hedgerows, and ''hoge'', ''hogge'' ("h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neurogymnurus
''Neurogymnurus'' is an extinct genus of gymnures. Species are from the Miocene of Turkey and the Oligocene of the Czech Republic, France, Kazakhstan and Turkey. ; Species * †''Neurogymnurus cayluxi'' Filhol 1877 ** synonym †''Cayluxotherium elegans'' Filhol, 1880 ** synonym †''Necrogymllurus cayluxi'' Filhol, 1877 in M. Friant, 1934, Viret, 1947 and Lavocat, 1951. * †''Neurogymnurus indricotherii'' Lopatin 1999 References * Note sur des Mammifères fossiles nouveaux provenant des phospharites du Quercy. H Filhol, 1880 * Découverte de mammifères nouveaux dans les dépôts de phosphate de chaux du Quercy. H Filhol, CR Acad Sci, 1880 External links * * Prehistoric placental genera Gymnures Taxa named by Henri Filhol {{paleo-eulipotyphla-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetracus
''Tetracus'' is an extinct genus of gymnures. Species are from the Oligocene of Belgium and France. Fossils can also be found in the Bouldnor Formation in the Hampshire Basin of southern England. Species: * †''Tetracus nanus'' (Aymard, 1846) ** synonym ''Erinaceus nanus'' Aymard, 1846 ** synonym ''Camphotherium elegans'' Filhol, 1883, Filhol, 1884Observations relatives au Mémoire de M. Cope, intitulé: Relations des Horizons renfermant des débris d'Animaux vertébrés fossiles en Europe et en Amérique. H Filhol, 1884 ** synonym ''Comphotherium elegans'' Filhol, 1884, Filhol 1885 ** synonym ''Gomphotherium elegans'' Filhol, 1884 in Schlosser, 1887, p. 140 and 465 and in Lavocat, 1951, p. 14 ** synonym ''Neurogymnurus ''Neurogymnurus'' is an extinct genus of gymnures. Species are from the Miocene of Turkey and the Oligocene of the Czech Republic, France, Kazakhstan and Turkey. ; Species * †''Neurogymnurus cayluxi'' Filhol 1877 ** synonym †''Cayluxotheriu . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
