Educational resources on Lesser Gymnure

Lesser Gymnure or Hylomys suillus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Lesser Gymnure

Academic web links for the Lesser Gymnure.

Eimeria bentongi
Eimeria bentongi Colley and Mullin, 1971. Type host: Hylomys suillus Muller, 1840, Lesser gymnure. Type locality: ASIA: Malaysia, Pahang, Bentong, in Janda Baik.
biology.unm.edu/biology/coccidia/betongi.html

Isospora hylomysis
Isospora hylomysis Colley and Mullin, 1971 . Type host: Hylomys suillus Muller, 1840, Lesser gymnure. Type locality: ASIA: Malaysia, Pahang, Bentong, in Janda Baik.
biology.unm.edu/biology/coccidia/ihylomysis.html

Coccidia of the World
Host: Hylomys suillus (Lesser moon rat or lesser gymnure) Reference: Colley & Mullin 1971 Eimeria bijlikuli Svanbaev, 1962 Host: Hemiechinus auritus (Long-eared hedgehog)
biology.unm.edu/biology/coccidia/insectiv.html

Order INSECTIVORA
...common genera: Echinosorex (greater gymnure), Erinaceus (Eurasian and African hedgehogs), Hemiechinus (long-eared hedgehog), Hylomys (lesser gymnure), parechinus (desert hedgehog)
www.csus.edu/indiv/L/lancasterw/bio168/LABS%20BIO168-03/Lab%2011-Insectivora%20BIO168-04.htm

Eimeria neurotrichi
Remarks: Oocysts of this species most closely resemble those of E. bentongi Colley and Mullin, 1971 described from the lesser gymnure in Malyasia.
biology.unm.edu/biology/coccidia/neurotrichi.html

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The Lesser Gymnure, Hylomys suillus, has also been reported to eat some fruit (Nowak, 1991; IUCN, 1995). (1)Donald, P. F. 2004. Biodiversity impacts of some
www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/daehler/wra/full/Elaeis_guineensis_CGC.xls