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--> ORDER ERINACEOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Erinaceidae
--> SUBFAMILY Galericinae
--> GENUS Echinosorex
SPECIES Echinosorex gymnura
| Author: | Raffles, 1822. | | Citation: | Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 13: 272. | | Common Name: | Moonrat | | Type Locality: | Not given; "Sumatra" [Indonesia] implied. | | Distribution: | Malayan Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra, Labuan Isl. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Two subspecies, gymnura (Sumatra and Malay Peninsula) and alba (Borneo) are recognized; see Corbet (1988:128). The common spelling of the specific epithet as gymnurus is incorrect; see Frost et al. (1991:24). |
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