Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Hainan Gymnure, Hainan Moonrat
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
It is recorded from tropical
rainforest and subtropical
evergreen
rainforest (Stone
1995). It was formerly known from subterranean
habitats
, now thought to be used for burrows (Stone 1995). Little
is known about the ecology of this species (Stone 1995).[1].
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 7 Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)
- 7.2 Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic) - Other Subterranean Habitats [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Lipotyphla
()
- (Haeckel, 1866) McKenna, 1975
- Superfamily:
Erinaceoidea
()
- (Fischer de Waldheim, 1817) Gill, 1872
- Family:
Erinaceidae
()
- (Fischer de Waldheim, 1817) Bonaparte, 1838
- Subfamily:
Galericinae
()
- Genus:
Neohylomys
()
- Specific name:
hainanensis
- (Shaw and Wong, 1959).
- Scientific name: - Neohylomys hainanensis Shaw & Wong, 1959 (Shaw and Wong, 1959).
- Specific name:
hainanensis
- (Shaw and Wong, 1959).
- Genus:
Neohylomys
(
- Subfamily:
Galericinae
(
- Family:
Erinaceidae
(
- Superfamily:
Erinaceoidea
(
- Grandorder:
Lipotyphla
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Hylomys hainanensis • Neohylomys hainanensis Shaw and Wong, 1959
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 28-Nov-2006
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Neohylomys
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
N. hainanensis (Hainan Moonrat)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- China Species Information Service. 2008. Hylomys hainanensis. Available at: http://www.chinabiodiversity.com; http://www.baohu.org. (Accessed: May 22).
- Corbet, G. B. 1988. The family Erinaceidae: A synthesis of its taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology and zoogeography. Mammal Review 18: 117-172.
- Corbet, G.B. 1992. In: G.A. Corbet and J.E. Hill (eds) Mammals of the Indomalayan region. A Systematic Review. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
- Hutterer, R. 2005. Order Erinaceomorpha. In: D. E. Wilson and D. A. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 212-219. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
- Jenkins, P. D. and Robinson, M. F. 2002. Another variation on the gymnure theme: description of a new species of Hylomys (Lipotyphla, Erinaceidae, Galericinae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum London (Zoology) 68(1): 1-11.
- Smith, A. and Xie, Y. 2008. The Mammals of China. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
- Stone, D. (compiler) 1996. Eurasian Insectivores and Tree Shrews: Status, Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Insectivore, Tree Shrew and Elephant Shrew Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switerzland.
- Stone, R. D. 1996. Eurasian Insectivores and Tree Shrews; An Action Plan for their Conservation. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Wang, S. 1998. China red data book of endangered animals: Mammalia. Science Press, Beijing, China.
- Wang, S. and Xie, Y. 2004. China Species Red List. Vol. 1 Red List. Higher Education Press, Beijing, China.
- Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds). 1993. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 4, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Insectivore Specialist Group 1996. Hylomys hainanensis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- Smith, A.T., Johnston, C.H. & Lunde, D. 2008. Neohylomys hainanensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 110741
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-709726
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 552525
- IUCN ID: 226233
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2853721
Footnotes
- Smith, A.T., Johnston, C.H. & Lunde, D. 2008. Neohylomys hainanensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]
