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Mammals of Eastern Asia 
by day under the roots of trees and among rocks where these 
occur in forest. The contents of the stomachs of dead Gymnures 
prove them to feed upon roaches, termites, and other insects. 
The geographical range includes Burma, Indo-China, and 
the Malay Peninsula. An allied species having much more white 
in its coat occurs in Borneo. The representative of E. gymnura 
Fig. 5. Moonrat, Echino-sorex gymnura. 
in Siam and Burma (the northern part the total range) has been 
distinguished as E. g. birmanniciis , the Burmese Moonrat. 
The Lesser Gymnures, Hylomys siiillus, are small insecti- 
vores about the size of Moles. Their generic name means "forest 
mouse" (another poorly chosen name) ; their specific name, 
"little pig," was probably inspired by the facial contours. The 
color is a grizzle of finely mixed black and ochre-yellowish hairs 
which combine to make a rusty brown ; the underparts are gray- 
ish white or yellowish. The length of the head and body is about 
5 inches, of the tail only % inch. The animals have long snouts 
which make the head occupy a proportionately very large 
amount of the head and body length ; externally they look like 
long-nosed Meadow Mice. Kloss gives the measurements of 
