Mesechinus wangi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eulipotyphla

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Eulipotyphla

Familia: Erinaceidae
Subfamilia: Erinaceinae
Genus: Mesechinus
Species: Mesechinus wangi

Name

Mesechinus wangi He, Jiang & Ai in Ai et al., 2018: 345

• Holotype: KIZ 022028, adult ♀, body in alcohol and skull removed, collected on 1 September 2010.
• Type locality: “Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve (N24°50′, E98°45′), Baoshan, Yunnan, China, at an altitude of 2 215 m a.s.l.”

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Gaoligong Forest Hedgehog