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 GENUS Atelerix
 
| Author: | Pomel, 1848. |  | Citation: | Arch. Sci. Phys. Nat. Geneve, 9: 251. |  | Type Species: | Erinaceus albiventris Wagner, 1841. |  | Comments: | Formerly in Erinaceus, but see Robbins and Setzer (1985) and Corbet (1988:149). Some authors (Poduschka, 1990) retain Aethechinus as a genus. |  |  |  | 
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