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title: "Gołyszek właściwy"
description: "Echinosorex gymnurus — Ssaki. The moonrat (Echinosorex gymnura) is a fairly small and primarily carnivorous mammal native to Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/moonrat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gołyszek właściwy

> Echinosorex gymnurus — Ssaki. The moonrat (Echinosorex gymnura) is a fairly small and primarily carnivorous mammal native to Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Echinosorex gymnurus*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `jungle` (Dżungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 79
- Wikidata: [Q754046](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q754046)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1370747](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1370747)

## Names

- en: Moonrat
- de: Großer Rattenigel
- es: Rata lunar
- fr: Grand gymnure
- it: Echinosorex gymnura
- nl: Grote haaregel
- pt: Echinosorex gymnura
- pl: Gołyszek właściwy

## Countries with the most observations

MY (43), ID (15), TH (10)

## Summary

The moonrat (Echinosorex gymnura) is a fairly small and primarily carnivorous mammal native to Southeast Asia. It is the only species in the genus Echinosorex within the family Erinaceidae, which includes hedgehogs and gymnures. Despite its name, the moonrat is not closely related to rats or other rodents. The scientific name is sometimes given as Echinosorex gymnurus, but this is incorrect.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonrat

## Photo

![Gołyszek właściwy](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/moonrat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/241840751

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/moonrat?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).