Short-tailed Gymnure

Short-tailed Gymnure

Taxobox
name = Short-tailed GymnureMSW3 Hutterer | pages = 218]
status = LR/lc
status_system = iucn2.3
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Insectivore Specialist Group|year=1996|id=40611|title=Hylomys suillus|downloaded=2006-05-12 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Erinaceomorpha
familia = Erinaceidae
genus = "Hylomys"
species = "H. suillus"
binomial = "Hylomys suillus"
binomial_authority = Müller, 1840

The Short-tailed Gymnure ("Hylomys suillus") is a small erinaceomorph that is found in southeast Asia. This gymnure, which resembles a large mouse, grows to a length of 4-6 inches, and feeds on insects, worms and other small animals. [cite book | title = Animal | publisher = Smithsonian Institution | year = 2005]

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