Dwarf Gymnure - Citizendia

Dwarf Gymnure^[1]

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Erinaceomorpha
Family:	Erinaceidae
Genus:	Hylomys
Species:	H. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Organisms with a conservation status of critically endangered have an extremely high risk of becoming extinct The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Mammals ( class Mammalia) are a class of Vertebrate Animals characterized by the presence of Sweat glands, including sweat glands Erinaceidae is the only living family in the order of the Erinaceomorpha. Erinaceidae is the only living family in the order of the Erinaceomorpha. Hylomys is a genus of the family Erinaceidae. Hylomys species like all species in the subfamily Galericinae are known as Gymnures parvus

Binomial name

Hylomys parvus
Robinson & Kloss, 1916

The Dwarf Gymnure (Hylomys parvus) is a gymnure found only at Mount Kerinci, Sumatra, Indonesia. Herbert Christopher Robinson (1874-1929 was a British Zoologist and Ornithologist. Cecil Boden Kloss ( 1877 - 1949) was an English Zoologist. He was an expert on the mammals and birds of Southeast Asia Gymnures, also called Hairy Hedgehogs or Moon Rats, are Mammals belonging to the subfamily Galericinae, in the family Erinaceidae Mount Kerinci (also spelled Kerintji, among several other ways and referred to as Gunung Kerinci, Gadang, Berapi Kurinci, Kerinchi Sumatra (also spelled Sumatera) is the sixth largest island in the world (approximately 470000 km² and is the largest island entirely in Indonesia (two The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. It is listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as a critically endangered species due to a restricted range. ^[2]

The Dwarf Gymnure was first described as a separate taxon in 1916, but it was not considered a valid species until it was more closely examined in 1994. ^[1]

This small animal, measuring only 4-5 inches, has a foul scent, especially when threatened. Its average life is 2 years and the gestation time is 30-35 days.

References

^ ^a ^b Hutterer, Rainer (2005-11-16). Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published 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.
^ ^a ^b Insectivore Specialist Group (1996). Hylomys parvus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Listed as Critically Endangered (CR B1+2c v2. 3)

© 2009 citizendia.org; parts available under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License, from http://en.wikipedia.org
network: | |