Javan short-tailed gymnure: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Javan short-tailed gymnure lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Hylomys suillus
Group	Hedgehogs, shrews & moles
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Erinaceomorpha
Family	Erinaceidae

Where does the Javan short-tailed gymnure live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Javan short-tailed gymnure in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Indonesia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Javan short-tailed gymnure endangered?

The Javan short-tailed gymnure’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Javan short-tailed gymnure?

The Javan short-tailed gymnure (Hylomys suillus) is a mammal in the order Erinaceomorpha and the family Erinaceidae, genus Hylomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Javan short-tailed gymnure

The Javan short-tailed gymnure (Hylomys suillus) is a small mammal from the family of the Erinaceidae. The scientific name of the species is first published by Salomon Müller in 1840. This species used to include the dorsalis, maxi, and peguensis subspecies, but these have now been elevated to species of their own: the Bornean short-tailed gymnure, Max's short-tailed gymnure, and the northern short-tailed gymnure. In addition, two new species were created from two other populations of H. suillus. The range of this species is now limited to Java.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Javan short-tailed gymnure (revision 1331058000), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q602913 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).