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--> GENUS Paraechinus
SPECIES Paraechinus aethiopicus
Author: | Ehrenberg, 1832. | Citation: | Symb. Phys. Mamm., 2: sig. k, footnote. | Common Name: | Desert Hedgehog | Type Locality: | Sudan, "In desertis dongolanis habitat". | Distribution: | Sahara from Mauritania to Egypt and Awash, Ethiopia; Arabian deserts from Syria to Yemen; insular populations on Djerba (Tunisia), Bahrain and Tanb (Persian Gulf). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Hemiechinus aethiopicus. | Comments: | Species and subspecies arrangement unclear; Corbet (1988:153-154) retained Arabian dorsalis (= pectoralis) as a subspecies, while Osborn and Helmy (1980) regarded aethiopicus, deserti and dorsalis as distinct species. Reviewed by Harrison and Bates (1991), who considered pectoralis, ludlowi and albatus as valid subspecies. Nader and Al-Safadi (1993), Kock and Ebenau (1996), and Benda and Obuch (2001) provided new distribution records. Morshed and Patton (2002) provided DNA sequence data from Saudi Arabia. |
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