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==Classification== {{seealso|List of erinaceids}} This subfamily has alternately been called Echinosoricinae, Galericinae, and Hylomyinae. Some researchers prefer Hylomyinae because the specific relationships of the extinct genus ''[[Galerix]]'' to living erinaceids are uncertain.<ref name="Gould95" /> There are fifteen extant species in six genera:<ref name="MSW3" /><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hinckley |first1=A. |last2=Camacho-Sanchez |first2=M. |last3=Chua |first3=M.A. |last4=Ruedi |first4=M. |last5=Lunde |first5=D. |last6=Maldonado |first6=J.E. |last7=Omar |first7=H. |last8=Leonard |first8=J.A. |last9=Hawkins |first9=M.T. |display-authors=2 |year=2023 |title=An integrative taxonomic revision of lesser gymnures (Eulipotyphla: ''Hylomys'') reveals five new species and emerging patterns of local endemism in Tropical East Asia |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |page=zlad177 |url=https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad177/7468198 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad177|doi-access=free }}</ref> *Genus ''[[Echinosorex]]'' **''[[Echinosorex gymnura]]'' ([[moonrat]]) *Genus ''[[Hylomys]]'' **''[[Hylomys parvus]]'' ([[dwarf gymnure]]) **''[[Hylomys suillus]]'' ([[Javan short-tailed gymnure]] or lesser moonrat) **''[[Hylomys dorsalis]]'' ([[Bornean short-tailed gymnure]]) **''[[Hylomys maxi]]'' ([[Max's short-tailed gymnure]]) **''[[Hylomys macarong]]'' ([[Dalat gymnure]]) **''[[Hylomys peguensis]]'' ([[Northern short-tailed gymnure]]) **''[[Hylomys vorax]]'' ([[Leuser gymnure]]) *Genus ''[[Neohylomys]]'' **''[[Neohylomys hainanensis]]'' ([[Hainan gymnure]] or Hainan moonrat) *Genus ''[[Neotetracus]]'' **''[[Neotetracus sinensis]]'' ([[shrew gymnure]]) *Genus ''[[Otohylomys]]'' **''[[Otohylomys megalotis]]'' ([[Long-eared gymnure]]) *Genus ''[[Podogymnura]]'' **''[[Podogymnura aureospinula]]'' ([[Dinagat gymnure]] or Dinagat moonrat) **''[[Podogymnura intermedia]]'' ([[Eastern Mindanao gymnure]] ) **''[[Podogymnura minima]]'' **''[[Podogymnura truei]]'' ([[Mindanao gymnure]] or Mindanao moonrat)
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