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Hylomys

Mammalia - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy
Hylomys was named by Müller (1840). It is extant. Its type is Hylomys suillus.

It was assigned to Echinosoricini by Van Valen (1967); to Hylomyinae by Gould (1995); and to Galericini by Lopatin (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Hylomys Müller
1909Neotetracus Trouessart p. 785
1959Neohylomys Shaw and Wong
1967Hylomys Van Valen
1995Hylomys Gould p. 7
1997Neotetracus Mein and Ginsburg p. 792
2006Hylomys Lopatin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
familyErinaceidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyHylomyinaeAnderson 1879
genusHylomysMüller 1840

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Hylomys Müller 1840
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†Hylomys engesseri Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Hylomys peguensis Blyth 1859 [short-tailed tree shrew]
Hylomys suillus Müller 1840
Invalid names: Neohylomys Shaw and Wong 1959 [synonym], Neotetracus Trouessart 1909 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:01:37
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Turolian or 20.44000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Thailand H. engesseri (48126)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Galerix sp. (44219 44220 44221 44222)