Taxonavigation

Familia: Erinaceidae
Subfamilia: Erinaceinae
Genus: Erinaceus
Species: E. amurensis – E. concolor – E. europaeus – E. roumanicus

Name

• Erinaceus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Gender: masculine
  • Types species: Erinaceus europaeus

Synonyms:

• †Erinaceus nanus Aymard, 1846, synonym for †Tetracus nanus (Aymard, 1846)

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 : 52.
• Arslan, A.; Zima, J.; Özparlak, H. 2008: C-heterochromatin variation in the karyotype reflects species level distinction between Erinaceus roumanicus and E. concolor (Eulipotyphla: Erinaceidae) in Turkey. Zootaxa, 1961: 1–10. Abstract & excerpt
• Erinaceus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Erinaceus Report on ITIS
• Fixation: monotypy

Vernacular names

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