Biology:Neotetracus

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Short description: Genus of mammals

Neotetracus
Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
Neotetracus sinensis.jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Eulipotyphla
Family: Erinaceidae
Subfamily: Galericinae
Genus: Neotetracus
Trouessart, 1909
Type species
Neotetracus sinensis
Trouessart, 1909
Species
  • Neotetracus sinensis
  • Neotetracus butleri

Neotetracus is a genus of gymnure that contains a single extant species, the shrew gymnure (Neotetracus sinensis) of China and Southeast Asia.

Another fossil species is also known from the Miocene of Thailand, Neotetracus butleri.[1][2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q19816786 entry