Bornean short-tailed gymnure

Bornean short-tailed gymnure
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Erinaceidae
Genus: Hylomys
Species:
H. dorsalis
Binomial name
Hylomys dorsalis
Thomas, 1888

The Bornean short-tailed gymnure (Hylomys dorsalis) is a gymnure. It was previously recognized as a subspecies of H. suillus, but it was elevated to full species in 2023.

It is endemic to mountain areas in the countries of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei in northern Borneo.

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