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Max's Short-tailed Gymnure

Hylomys maxi

Order
Eulipotyphla
Family
Erinaceidae
Genus
Hylomys
IUCN status
NE
Distribution
Malaysia|Indonesia
Realm
Indomalaya

About this species

Habitat
Sumatra 100–2,000m; Malay Peninsula 600–1,700m
Range
Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula

Max's short-tailed gymnure is a gymnure of Malaysia and Indonesia, previously treated as a subspecies of Hylomys suillus but now regarded as a full species. In Sumatra it has been found between 100 and 2,000 m above sea level; on the Malay Peninsula its range is restricted to 600–1,700 m, and may extend into southern Thailand (Wikipedia, general species account).

Description: Wildlife of Sumatra guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

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