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Echinosorex gymnura (moonrat)

Osteichthyes - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy
Viverra gymnura was named by Raffles (1821). It is extant.

It was recombined as Echinosorex gymnurus by Miller (1942); it was recombined as Echinosorex gymnura by Wilson and Reeder (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Viverra gymnura Raffles p. 272
1942Echinosorex gymnurus Miller, Jr. p. 109
2005Echinosorex gymnura Wilson and Reeder

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
familyErinaceidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyHylomyinaeAnderson 1879
genusEchinosorexde Blainville 1838
speciesgymnura(Raffles 1821)

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.

Echinosorex gymnura Raffles 1821 [moonrat]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available