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--> ORDER ERINACEOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Erinaceidae
--> SUBFAMILY Erinaceinae
--> GENUS Paraechinus
SPECIES Paraechinus micropus
| Author: | Blyth, 1846. | | Citation: | J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 15: 170. | | Common Name: | Indian Hedgehog | | Type Locality: | Pakistan, Punjab, "Bhawulpore" = Bahawalpur. | | Distribution: | The arid zones of Pakistan and NW India. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Hemiechinus micropus. | | Comments: | Biswas and Ghose (1970) regarded intermedius as a species but Corbet (1988:156-157) included it in Paraechinus micropus as a synonym. Range mapped by Corbet and Hill (1992). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
intermedius Biswas and Ghose, 1970
kutchicus Biswas and Ghose, 1970
mentalis (Fitzinger, 1867)
pictus (Stoliczka, 1872)
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