Order Erinaceomorpha
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1
212
219
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Echinosorex gymnura
(Raffles 1822)
[Viverra] gymnura
Raffles 1822
,
Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 13: 272
.
Type Locality:
Not given; "
Sumatra
" [
Indonesia
] implied.
Vernacular Names:
Moonrat
.
Subspecies:
:
Subspecies
Echinosorex gymnura
subsp.
gymnura
Raffles 1822
Subspecies
Echinosorex gymnura
subsp.
alba
Giebel 1863
Distribution:
Malayan Peninsula, Borneo and
Sumatra
,
Labuan
Isl.
Conservation:
IUCN
– Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion:
Two subspecies,
gymnura
(
Sumatra
and Malay Peninsula) and
alba
(Borneo) are recognized; see
Corbet (1988:128)
. The common spelling of the specific epithet as
gymnurus
is incorrect; see
Frost et al. (1991:24)
.