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Hylomyinae

Mammalia - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy
Hylomyinae was named by Anderson (1879). It is extant.

It was assigned to Erinaceidae by Gould (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Hylomyinae Anderson
1995Hylomyinae Gould p. 7

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
familyErinaceidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyHylomyinaeAnderson 1879
subfamilyHylomyinaeAnderson 1879

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.

Subfm. Hylomyinae Anderson 1879
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G. Echinosorex de Blainville 1838 [moonrat]
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Echinosorex gymnura Raffles 1821 [moonrat]
Invalid names: Gymnura Lesson 1827 [replaced]
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]
G. Podogymnura Mearns 1905 [Philippine gymnure]
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Podogymnura truei Mearns 1905
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Thailand Hylomys engesseri (48126)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Galerix sp. (44219 44220 44221 44222)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Thailand (Chaiyaphum) Hylomys suillus (237787)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117China (Guangxi) Neotetracus sinensis (235737)