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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER ERINACEOMORPHA
--> FAMILY Erinaceidae
--> SUBFAMILY Erinaceinae
GENUS Erinaceus
| Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 52. | | Type Species: | Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus, 1758. | | Comments: | Formerly included Atelerix and Aethechinus; see Corbet (1988) and comments under Atelerix. Does not include Mesechinus, see comments therein. The genetic relationships among European populations were studied by Filippucci and Simson (1996), Santucci et al. (1998), and Seddon et al. (2002). |
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