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GENUS Atelerix

Author:Pomel, 1848.
Citation:Arch. Sci. Phys. Nat. Geneve, 9: 251.
Type Species:Erinaceus albiventris Wagner, 1841.
Comments:Formerly in Erinaceus, but see Robbins and Setzer (1985) and Corbet (1988:149). Some authors (Poduschka, 1990) retain Aethechinus as a genus.
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Offspring:

SPECIES albiventris

SPECIES algirus

SUBSPECIES algirus

SUBSPECIES girbanensis

SUBSPECIES vagans

SPECIES frontalis

SUBSPECIES frontalis

SUBSPECIES angolae

SPECIES sclateri

Synonyms:

    Aethechinus Thomas, 1918
    Peroechinus Fitzinger, 1866

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