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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.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassMammalia
  4. OrderErinaceomorpha
  5. FamilyErinaceidae

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Parent taxon
Galericinae
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taxon name
Neotetracus
taxon rank
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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.

Another fossil species is also known from the Miocene of Thailand, Neotetracus butleri.

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