Northern short-tailed gymnure

Species of mammal

Northern short-tailed gymnure
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Erinaceidae
Genus:	Hylomys
Species:	H. peguensis
Binomial name
*Hylomys peguensis* Blyth, 1859

The northern short-tailed gymnure (Hylomys peguensis) is a gymnure in China, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, and peninsular Malaysia.^[1]^[2] It was previously recognized as a subspecies of H. suillus, but now is regarded as a full species.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "Hylomys peguensis (id=1006798)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.

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)
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) Gaoligong forest hedgehog (M. wangi) Small-toothed forest hedgehog (M. miodon) Eastern forest hedgehog (M. orientalis)
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)
Hylomys	Dwarf gymnure (H. parvus) Javan short-tailed gymnure (H. suillus) Bornean short-tailed gymnure (H. dorsalis) Max's short-tailed gymnure (H. maxi) Dalat gymnure (H. macarong) Northern short-tailed gymnure (H. peguensis) Leuser gymnure (H. vorax)
Neohylomys	Hainan gymnure (N. hainanensis)
Neotetracus	Shrew gymnure (N. sinensis)
Otohylomys	Long-eared gymnure (O. megalotis)
Podogymnura	Dinagat gymnure (P. aureospinula) Eastern Mindanao gymnure (P. intermedia) Mindanao gymnure (P. truei)