Dinagat gymnure
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Dinagat gymnure | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Erinaceidae |
Genus: | Podogymnura |
Species: | P. aureospinula
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Binomial name | |
Podogymnura aureospinula Heaney & Morgan, 1982
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Dinagat Gymnure range |
The Dinagat gymnure (Podogymnura aureospinula) is a species of mammal in the family Erinaceidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. The mammal is an evolutionaringly distinct and globally endangered species in the Philippines as identified by the Zoological Society of London in their EDGE species program, where it ranked 68th out of the thousands of mammal species known to humanity.[2]
References
- ^ Clayton, E. (2018). "Podogymnura aureospinula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T17829A22326149. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T17829A22326149.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Dinagat Gymnure".
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