Nobody got the right answer the ID the species query from a few days ago.
The closest anyone got was labpack, who said that it looked like a hedgehog.
This animal is a dwarf gymnure (Hylomys parvus). It is found only around Mt. Kerinci in Sumatra.
Gymnures are sometimes called “hairy hedgehogs,” because they do belong to the same family as the hedgehogs–Erinaceidae.
These animals are also called moonrats.
One of these gymnures actually looks a lot like a Virginia opossum– and is known simply as a moonrat. That species is found in Borneo, Sumatra, and the Malay Peninsula.
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