Neotetracus
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Neotetracus is a genus of gymnure that contains a single extant species, the shrew gymnure (Neotetracus sinensis) of China and Southeast Asia.
Quick Facts Neotetracus Temporal range: Miocene - Recent, Scientific classification ...
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Erinaceidae |
Subfamily: | Galericinae |
Genus: | Neotetracus Trouessart, 1909 |
Type species | |
Neotetracus sinensis Trouessart, 1909 | |
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Another fossil species is also known from the Miocene of Thailand, Neotetracus butleri.[1][2]