Echinosorex gymnura (Raffles, 1822)

Rainer Hutterer, 1993, Order Insectivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 69-130 : 79

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scientific name	Echinosorex gymnura (Raffles, 1822)
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Echinosorex gymnura (Raffles, 1822) . Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 13:272.

TYPE LOCALITY: Not given; " Sumatra " implied .

DISTRIBUTION: Malayan Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra, Labuan island.

SYNONYMS: albus, birmanica, borneotica, candida, minor , rafflesii.

COMMENTS: Two subspecies, gymnura (Sumatra and Malay Peninsula) and albus (Borneo) are recognized; see Corbet (1988:128). The common spelling of the specific epithet as gymnurus is incorrect; see Frost et al. (1991:24).

References

Corbet, G. B. 1988. The family Erinaceidae: A synthesis of its taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology and zoogeography. Mammal Review, 18: 117 - 172.

Frost, D. R., W. C. Wozencraft, and R. S. Hoffmann. 1991. Phylogenetic relationships of hedgehogs and gymnures (Mammalia: Insectivora: Erinaceidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 518: 1 - 69.