Hemiechinus
Appearance
Hemiechinus[1] | |
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H. auritus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Eulipotyphla |
Family: | Erinaceidae |
Subfamily: | Erinaceinae |
Genus: | Hemiechinus Fitzinger, 1866 |
Type species | |
Erinaceus platyotis Sundevall, 1842
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Species | |
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Hemiechinus is a genus of hedgehogs. It contains two species, found in Central and South Asia.[1]
Species
[edit]- Long-eared hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus)
- Indian long-eared hedgehog (Hemiechinus collaris)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hutterer, R. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.