Mesechinus
Taxonavigation
editFamilia: Erinaceidae
Subfamilia: Erinaceinae
Genus: Mesechinus
Species (5):
M. dauuricus –
M. hughi –
M. miodon –
M. orientalis –
M. wangi
Name
editMesechinus Ognev, 1951: 8
- Type species: Erinaceus dauuricus Sundevall, 1842, by original designation.
References
editAdditional references
edit- Frost, D.R., Wozencraft, W.C. & Hoffmann, R.S. 1991. Phylogenetic Relationships of Hedgehogs and Gymnures (Mammalia, Insectivora, Erinaceidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 518: 1–69. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.518 Reference page.
- Hutterer, R. 2005. Order Erinaceomorpha. Pp. 212–219 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.
- Ai, H.-S., He, K., Chen, Z.-Z., Li, J.-Q., Wan, T., Li, Q., Nie, W.-H., Wang, J.-H., Su, W.-T. & Jiang, X.-L. 2018. Taxonomic revision of the genus Mesechinus (Mammalia: Erinaceidae) with description of a new species. Zoological Research 39(5): 335–347. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2018.034 Reference page.
- Shi, Z., Yao, H., He, K., Bai, W., Zhou, J., Fan, J., Su, W., Nie, W., Yang, S., Onditi, K.O., Jiang, X. & Chen, Z. 2023. new species of forest hedgehog (Mesechinus, Erinaceidae, Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) from eastern China. ZooKeys 1185: 143–161. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1185.111615 Reference page.
Vernacular names
editEnglish: Steppe Hedgehogs