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SPECIES Erinaceus amurensis
Author: | Schrenk, 1859. | Citation: | Reisen im Amur-Lande, 1: pl. 4, fig. 2:100. | Common Name: | Amur Hedgehog | Type Locality: | Russia, E Siberia, "In der Nähe der Stadt Aigun, im mandschurischen Dorfe Gulssoja am Amur". | Distribution: | Russia; Amur River and tributaries, from Zeya eastward, then south through E China to Hunan Prov.; Korea. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Formerly included in europaeus (see Corbet, 1978c, Gromov and Baranova, 1981, also Zhang et al., 1997); but considered distinct by Corbet (1984), Zaitsev (1984), and Bannikova et al. (1996). Range and subspecific boundaries uncertain, partly due to confusion with Hemiechinus, see Corbet (1988:144). Indomalayan range mapped by Corbet and Hill (1992), Chinese range by Zhang et al. (1997). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
chinensis Satunin, 1907 dealbatus Swinhoe, 1870 hanensis Matschie, 1907 koreanus Lönnberg, 1922 koreensis Mori, 1922 kreyenbergi Matschie, 1907 orientalis J. Allen, 1903 tschifuensis Matschie, 1907 ussuriensis Satunin, 1907
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