Dinagat gymnure

The Dinagat gymnure (Podogymnura aureospinula) is a species of mammal in the family Erinaceidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Dinagat gymnure
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. The mammal is an evolutionaringly distinct and globally endangered species in the Philippines as identified by the Zoological Society of London in their EDGE species program, where it ranked 68th out of the thousands of mammal species known to humanity.[2]

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