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Leuser Gymnure
Hylomys vorax
- Order
- Eulipotyphla
- Family
- Erinaceidae
- Genus
- Hylomys
- IUCN status
- NE
- Distribution
- Indonesia
- Realm
- Indomalaya
About this species
- Habitat
- Montane forest at 2,073–2,835m on Gunung Leuser
- Range
- Gunung Leuser, Sumatra
The Leuser gymnure is a gymnure from Sumatra that was formally described for the first time in 2023. The holotype was collected in 1939 by Frederick A. Ulmer in the upper parts of Gunung Leuser, and it is known only from 2,073 to 2,835 m on that mountain. The specific name refers to its voracious behaviour as described by Ulmer, and mitochondrial DNA distinguishes it from Hylomys parvus of Gunung Kerinci (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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