Authority citation: Hinckley, A., Camacho-Sanchez, M., Chua, M.A.H., Ruedi, M., Lunde, D., Maldonado, J.E., Omar, H., Leonard, J.A. and Hawkins, M.T.R. 2023-12-21. 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 202:1-33.
Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad177
Original name as described: Hylomys vorax
Nominal names: vorax A. Hinckley, D. Lunde, & M. T. R. Hawkins in A. Hinckley, Camacho-Sanchez, Chua, Ruedi, D. Lunde, Maldonado, Omar, J. A. Leonard, & M. T. R. Hawkins, 2023
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Eulipotyphla -- Family: Erinaceidae -- Subfamily: Galericinae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: USNM:MAMM:271034
Type locality: "'Bivouac No. 5, Loser Trail, Atjeh; (now known as Mt. Leuser trail, Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia). ... c. 3.85° N, 97.12° E, 2408 m a.s.l."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Indonesia (IDN)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Not evaluated
Species-specific notes: recently described
Citation: Hinckley, A., Camacho-Sanchez, M., Chua, M. A., Ruedi, M., Lunde, D., Maldonado, J. E., ... & Hawkins, M. T. (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.
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