Author: | Horsfield, 1851. |
Citation: | Cat. Mamm. Mus. E. India Co.: 136. |
Common Name: | Bare-bellied Hedgehog |
Type Locality: | India, "Madras" = Madras city or Tamil Nadu province. |
Distribution: | Few records from the S Indian provinces Madras (= Tamil Nadu) and Travancore (= Kerala). |
Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable as Hemiechinus nudiventris. |
Comments: | Biswas and Ghose (1970) gave nudiventris specific rank while Corbet (1988:156-157) regarded it as a distinct subspecies of micropus. Provisionally listed as a species, following Frost et al. (1991:29). |
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