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 one of the genera in which the family Erinaceidae family (comprising hedgehogs and gymnures) is divided. Hylomys is one of the five Erinaceidae genera which are formed by furry hedgehogs, also known as gymnures. Their closest relatives, all fossils, include Lantanotherium and Thaiagymnurus.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hutterer, Rainer (16 November 2005). 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. 
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