Atelerix algirus (Lereboullet 1842)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Erinaceomorpha, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 212-219 : 212

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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scientific name

Atelerix algirus (Lereboullet 1842)
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[Erinaceus] algirus Lereboullet 1842 , Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Strasbourg, 3 (2): art. QQ: 4.

Type Locality: Algeria, "provient de Oran ".

Vernacular Names: North African Hedgehog.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Atelerix algirus subsp. algirus Lereboullet 1842

Subspecies Atelerix algirus subsp. girbanensis Vesmanis 1980

Subspecies Atelerix algirus subsp. vagans Thomas 1901

Distribution: Coastal Western Sahara to Algeria, Tunisia, and N Libya; introduced into Canary Isls, Balearic Isls, Malta, and Mediterranean France and Spain; one historical record from Puerto Rico.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Authorship is often credited to Duvernoy and Lereboullet, 1842, but Saint-Girons (1972) showed that Lereboullet was the only author. Hutterer (1983 c) recognized vagans and girbanensis as subspecies.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Erinaceomorpha

Family

Erinaceidae

Genus

Atelerix

Loc

Atelerix algirus (Lereboullet 1842)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Erinaceus] algirus

Lereboullet 1842: art. QQ: 4
1842
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