Dinagat gymnure

Dinagat gymnure
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Eulipotyphla
Family:	Erinaceidae
Genus:	Podogymnura
Species:	P. aureospinula
Binomial name
*Podogymnura aureospinula* Heaney & Morgan, 1982

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.

Sources

Extant Erinaceomorpha species by subfamily

Erinaceinae
(Hedgehogs)

Atelerix	Four-toed hedgehog (A. albiventris) North African hedgehog (A. algirus) Southern African hedgehog (A. frontalis) Somali hedgehog (A. sclateri)

Erinaceus	Amur hedgehog (E. amurensis) Southern white-breasted hedgehog (E. concolor) West European hedgehog (E. europaeus) Northern white-breasted hedgehog (E. roumanicus)

Hemiechinus	Long-eared hedgehog (H. auritus) Indian long-eared hedgehog (H. collaris)

Mesechinus	Daurian hedgehog (M. dauuricus) Hugh's hedgehog (M. hughi)

Paraechinus	Desert hedgehog (P. aethiopicus) Brandt's hedgehog (P. hypomelas) Indian hedgehog (P. micropus) Bare-bellied hedgehog (P. nudiventris)

Echinosorex	Moonrat (E. gymnura)

Hylomys	Long-eared gymnure (H. megalotis) Dwarf gymnure (H. parvus) Short-tailed gymnure (H. suillus)

Neohylomys	Hainan gymnure (N. hainanensis)

Neotetracus	Shrew gymnure (N. sinensis)

Podogymnura	Dinagat gymnure (P. aureospinula) Mindanao gymnure (P. truei)

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