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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).

Species

H. engesseri, H. peguensis, H. suillus (type species), Neotetracus butleri

Synonyms

Neotetracus was named by Trouessart (1909). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Hylomys by Van Valen (1967) and Lopatin (2006).

It was assigned to Echinosoricinae by Mein and Ginsburg (1997).
Neohylomys was named by Shaw and Wong (1959). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Hylomys by Van Valen (1967) and Lopatin (2006).

Synonymy list

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

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida

Rank	Name	Author
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Eulipotyphla
family	Erinaceidae	Fischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamily	Hylomyinae	Anderson 1879
genus	Hylomys	Müller 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

part	N	mean

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian	20.44 - 13.82	Thailand	H. engesseri (48126)
Turolian	8.7 - 5.333	China (Yunnan)	Galerix sp. (44219 44220 44221 44222)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.0117	China (Guangxi)	Neotetracus sinensis (235737)