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GENUS Erinaceus

Author:Linnaeus, 1758.
Citation:Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 52.
Type Species:Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758.
Comments:Formerly included Atelerix and Aethechinus; see Corbet (1988) and comments under Atelerix. Does not include Mesechinus, see comments therein. The genetic relationships among European populations were studied by Filippucci and Simson (1996), Santucci et al. (1998), and Seddon et al. (2002).
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SPECIES amurensis

SPECIES concolor

SUBSPECIES concolor

SUBSPECIES rhodius

SUBSPECIES transcaucasicus

SPECIES europaeus

SPECIES roumanicus

SUBSPECIES roumanicus

SUBSPECIES bolkayi

SUBSPECIES drozdovskii

SUBSPECIES nesiotes

SUBSPECIES pallidus

Synonyms:

    Herinaceus Mina-Palumbo, 1868

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