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--> GENUS Hemiechinus
SPECIES Hemiechinus collaris
Author: | Gray, 1830. | Citation: | In Hardwicke, Illust. Indian Zool., 1: pl.8. | Common Name: | Indian Long-eared Hedgehog | Type Locality: | India, "Doab"; restricted to "between Jumna and Ganges Rivers"; see discussion in Wroughton (1910:81). | Distribution: | Pakistan and NW India. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Formerly included in auritus, but Roberts (1977) indicated that there is discontinuity in distribution and morphology between collaris (which he called auritus collaris) and auritus (which he called megalotis). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
grayi (Bennett, 1832) indicus (Royle, 1833) spatangus (Bennett, 1832)
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