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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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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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