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Echinosorex (moonrat)

Mammalia - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy
Echinosorex was named by de Blainville (1838). It is extant.

It was assigned to Echinosoricini by Van Valen (1967); to Hylomyinae by Gould (1995); to Galericinae by Wilson and Reeder (2005); to Galericini by Lopatin (2006); and to Erinaceomorpha by Silcox et al. (2010).

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Gymnura Lesson
1838Echinosorex de Blainville
1967Echinosorex Van Valen
1995Echinosorex Gould p. 7
2005Echinosorex Wilson and Reeder
2006Echinosorex Lopatin
2010Echinosorex Silcox et al.

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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
genusEchinosorexde Blainville 1838

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. Echinosorex de Blainville 1838 [moonrat]
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Echinosorex gymnura Raffles 1821 [moonrat]
Invalid names: Gymnura Lesson 1827 [replaced]
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: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991
Collections
No collection or age range data are available