Published December 31, 1982 | Version v1
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Hemiechinus auritus

Description

Hemiechinus auritus (Gmelin, 1770). Nova Comm. Acad. Sci. Petrop., 14:519.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R., Astrakhansk. Obi., near Astrakhan.

DISTRIBUTION: Coast of Libya and Egypt; Cyprus; Transcaucasia and Israel to N.W. India and Gobi Desert; N. China (SW).

COMMENT: Includes megalotis; see Corbet, 1978:15. Includes aegyptius, libycus, and metwallyi, possibly as subspecies; see Corbet, 1974, Part 1.4:1.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301403005009001001 as H. auritus.

5301403005009002001 as H. megalotis.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Insectivora, pp. 58-106 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353001

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Gmelin
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Insectivora
Family
Erinaceidae
Genus
Hemiechinus
Species
auritus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Hemiechinus auritus (Gmelin, 1770) sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • Corbet, G. B. 1974. Family Macroscelididae. Part 1.5, Pp. 1 - 6, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.) [issued 10 Sep 1974]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated.